Sociolinguistic analysis of the New Testament: theories and applications
This book introduces sociolinguistic criticism to New Testament studies. It utilizes a wide range of sociolinguistic theories, principles, and concepts in treating the language and sociolinguistic contexts of the New Testament, social memory, orality and literacy, and the oral traditions of the Gosp...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2021
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Biblical interpretation series (195)
Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Ong, Hughson T., Sociolinguistic analysis of the New Testament : theories and applications] (2022) (Saunders, Craig D.)
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| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
195 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Text analysis
/ Sociolinguistics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | This book introduces sociolinguistic criticism to New Testament studies. It utilizes a wide range of sociolinguistic theories, principles, and concepts in treating the language and sociolinguistic contexts of the New Testament, social memory, orality and literacy, and the oral traditions of the Gospels, and various texts and genres in the New Testament. Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 The Sociolinguistic Context of the New Testament -- Chapter 1 The Speech Communities, Languages, and People of the New Testament -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief Overview of the Scholarly Discussion -- 3 The Linguistic Context of the New Testament -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The Greek Language of the New Testament -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Linguistic Varieties and Their Status and Social Functions in Ancient Palestine -- 3 The Aramaic Hypothesis -- 4 The Greek Hypothesis -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Social Identity of the Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews -- 3 Language Shifts in Israel: Diachronic and Synchronic Events -- 4 Language and Identity of the Jews -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Jesus' Bilingual Proficiency -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Measuring Jesus' Bilingual Proficiency -- 3 What Type of a Bilingual Was Jesus? -- 4 Conclusion -- Part 2 The Oral Tradition of the Gospels -- Chapter 5 Orality, Literacy, Multilingualism, and the Oral Tradition of the Gospels -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Is "Literacy" (and Orality)? -- 3 Walter Ong and Ruth Finnegan - Two Vying Theories of Orality and Literacy -- 4 Orality and Literacy in Ancient Palestine -- 5 Orality and Literacy and Multilingualism in Ancient Palestine -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Discussing Oral Traditions via Ethnography of Communication: The Temple-Clearing Incident as a Test Case -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Parry/Lord and Finnegan Theories of Oral Tradition -- 3 Convergence Point of Sociolinguistics and Oral Tradition Theories -- 4 Ethnography of Communication and the Temple-Clearing Incident in the Four Gospels -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Social Memory and the Oral Tradition of the Gospels -- 1 Introduction. |
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| ISBN: | 9004499741 |