Wierzbicka, Anna.

What did Jesus mean? : explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the parables in simple and universal human concepts / Anna Wierzbicka. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (xiv, 509 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-495) and index.

Linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of Jesus by taking her theory of universal human concepts and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount. Her approach results in strikingly novel interpretations.

0195137337 0198031408 9780195137330 9780198031406


Jesus Christ--Parables.
Jésus-Christ--Paraboles.
Jesus Christ.


Sermon on the mount--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible--Language, style.
Bible--Parables--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Gospels--Language, style.
Bible.--New Testament.--Évangiles--Langue.
Sermon sur la montagne--Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible.
Bible.--Gospels.
Sermon on the mount.


Semantics.
Sémantique.
Parables, Biblical.
Parables.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--New Testament.
Semantics.
Bergrede.
Gelijkenissen.
Semantiek.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BT380.2 / .W54 2001eb

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