The relevance of 'context' and 'interpretation' to the semiotic relations of Romans 5
The paper explores the relation of 'context' and 'interpretation' within the theory of relevance. Consistent with the principle of relevance the results will be explicated in terms of contextual implications and contextual effects. The term 'context' is understood as th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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NTWSA
1995
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1995, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-108 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Romans 5:1-11 B Socio-semiotic criticism B Christianity |
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| Summary: | The paper explores the relation of 'context' and 'interpretation' within the theory of relevance. Consistent with the principle of relevance the results will be explicated in terms of contextual implications and contextual effects. The term 'context' is understood as the historical contingent situation of the text and its readers. The term 'interpretation' is understood as the contingent representation of the text under changing historical conditions. The enquiry compares interpretations presented in the framework of structural semiotics, and socio-semiotics and the semiotics of interference. A structural analysis interprets 'deautomatised' language usage in Rm 5:1-11 as a whole. The structural perspective identifies 'hope' as central theme which unites all subordinate lines of action. The socio-semiotic analysis surveys the historical conditions of readers as 'returning exiled' in the aftermath of 'banning orders' and suffering inflicted upon them in the Rome of CE 49-54. Information newly acquired is synthesised with old information and entered into our encyclopaedical knowledge of the text. Relevance theory provides an alternative framework for the communication theory of 'the code theorists'. Consistent with the principle of relevance, interpretation is the ongoing quest for meaning under changing historical conditions. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_342 |