To love God and your neighbour' - A sociolinguistic perspective
The verb ... descriptionbes the responsibility of a superior to care for a subordinate. This social relationship is metaphoricany employed in God's conduct towards human beings. In Deuteronomistic writings the term obtains an additional, technical usage for descriptionbing the obligation of a p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1997
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Old Testament essays
Year: 1997, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-17 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jonathan and David
B Love commandments B Sociolinguistic perspective B Superior to subordinate B Loyal to superior B Love God B Care for a subordinate B God to people |
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| Summary: | The verb ... descriptionbes the responsibility of a superior to care for a subordinate. This social relationship is metaphoricany employed in God's conduct towards human beings. In Deuteronomistic writings the term obtains an additional, technical usage for descriptionbing the obligation of a person from a lower social standing to be loyal to a superior. The expression 'love your neighbour' is a simile from the divine world, meaning 'to take care of sociany unfortunate people '. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_708 |
