A Discourse and Register Analysis of the Prophetic Book of Joel

A Discourse and Register Analysis of the Prophetic Book of Joel
Author: Colin Toffelmire
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016-07-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004325077

In A Discourse and Register Analysis of the Prophetic Book of Joel, Colin M. Toffelmire presents a thorough analysis of the text of Joel from the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics. While traditional explorations of Joel generally engage the book from an historical or literary perspective, here Toffelmire examines syntactic and semantic patterning in the book, and builds from there toward a description of the linguistic register and context of situation that these linguistic patterns suggest. This work also showcases the usefulness of discourse analysis grounded in Systemic Functional Linguistics for the analysis of ancient texts.

A Discourse Analysis of Habakkuk

A Discourse Analysis of Habakkuk
Author: David J. Fuller
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2019-10-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004408894

This monograph develops a discourse analysis of Habakkuk set within the theoretical framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics. This analytical procedure facilitates a new way of understanding the literary relationships among the different pericopae in the book.

A Discourse Analysis of Galatians and the New Perspective on Paul

A Discourse Analysis of Galatians and the New Perspective on Paul
Author: David I. Yoon
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004397582

This study utilizes SFL discourse analysis in relation to the concepts of register and context of situation in order to address whether Paul’s letter to the Galatians is characterized by a New Perspective on Paul or a more traditional view.

The Scandal of Pentecost

The Scandal of Pentecost
Author: Wolfgang Vondey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2023-10-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567712672

Through a systematic analysis of the conflicts emerging when the public church encounters the public world, The Scandal of Pentecost argues that the public advent of the church stands in continuity with the public scandal of the incarnate and crucified Christ. The book traces the contours of this scandal in the confrontation of the dominant ruling hermeneutic of authority with a Christian hermeneutic of resistance. This highlights the brokenness of the human condition manifested by the church in the drunkenness of the disciples, the speaking in other tongues, the baptism with the Spirit, the empowerment of the flesh, and its public witness to a scandalized world. The effects of the scandal transform both the disciples' individual and communal witness and their public recognition as the church. Through the lens of a symbolic hermeneutic, the public witness of the church at Pentecost reveals a Christian scandal of anthropological proportions: with the outpouring of the Spirit on all flesh the church emerges as the symbol of humanity.

Joel

Joel
Author: Joel Barker
Publisher: Zondervan Exegetical Commentar
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310942381

The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament series serves pastors and teachers by providing them with a careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, tracing the flow of argument in each Old Testament book and showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say.

The Book of the Twelve

The Book of the Twelve
Author: Beth M. Stovell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2022-06-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725263009

This book provides a concise guide to the group of biblical books commonly called "The Book of the Twelve Prophets" or simply "The Twelve" (also know as "the Minor Prophets"). In the past twenty years, scholars have explored how reading this set of books as a unified "Book of the Twelve" creates new avenues for understanding and depth. This Cascade Companion introduces the key questions, themes, and topics related to the Twelve in an accessible way. Starting with a discussion of why scholars call these books "The Twelve," the book explores the major themes that orient the Twelve. The book addresses recent topics impacting the Twelve, including the relationship between wisdom literature and the Twelve, the rise of linguistic and literary approaches, and the impact of editorial theories in the study of the Twelve. As such, this book allows readers to learn what gives the Twelve its unique shape and flavor.

The (In)Coherence of Divine Mercy

The (In)Coherence of Divine Mercy
Author: Ian B. Turner
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2024-10-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004699600

How do texts of Scripture make sense or hold together as a unity? This question is especially germane to the Masoretic Text of Hosea, which is often seen as an unintegrated composition by some, or an artful literary whole by others. Such judgments often come without clear definitions and criteria for (in)coherence. This book brings descriptive clarity to this issue through a discourse analysis of cohesion and coherence in Hosea 12–14 based on Systemic Functional Linguistics. This study showcases the theme of divine mercy in Hosea 12–14 and gives readers tools for discourse-linguistic analysis of the Hebrew Bible.

Putting the Pieces Together

Putting the Pieces Together
Author: Stanley E. Porter
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2024-08-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Languages consist of a wide variety of interesting elements, many of which have not yet been fully described or explored. In this book, written by experts in Hebrew and Greek, various elements of the Hebrew and especially Greek languages are described and analyzed for their possible theoretical and practical implications for exegesis of the Bible. The topics range from the various linguistic theories used within biblical linguistics to focused studies upon syntactical markers, nominal elements, the various functions of language, and register studies. Specialists will discover challenging studies, and interested explorers will be challenged to learn more about ancient Hebrew and Greek.

WealthWarn

WealthWarn
Author: Michael S. Moore
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532638140

Like the first volume in this series (WealthWatch, Pickwick, 2011) this book attempts to do two things: (a) examine the primary socioeconomic motifs in the Bible from a comparative intertextual perspective, and (b) trace the trajectory formed by these motifs through Tanak into early Jewish and Nazarene texts. Where WealthWatch focuses on Torah, WealthWarn focuses on the single largest section of the Bible--the Prophets. Where the ancient Near Eastern texts surveyed in WealthWatch include the Epic of Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, and the Epic of Erra, the texts examined here include Inanna's Descent, the Babylonian Creation Epic (enūma elish), the Disappearance of Telipinu, and the Ba`al Epic. Where the Jewish texts surveyed in WealthWatch include historical and sectarian texts, the texts studied here include Ezra-Nehemiah, the Epistle of Jeremiah and Tobit. Where the Nazarene texts in WealthWatch focus on the stewardship parables found in the Gospel of Luke, the texts examined here focus on several prophetic vignettes from the Gospel of Matthew and Acts of the Apostles.

McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry: Volume 23, 2021–2022

McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry: Volume 23, 2021–2022
Author: John J. H. Lee
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2023-10-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry is an electronic and print journal that seeks to provide pastors, educators, and interested lay persons with the fruits of theological, biblical, and professional studies in an accessible form. Published by McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, it continues the heritage of scholarly inquiry and theological dialogue represented by the College's previous print publications: the Theological Bulletin, Theodolite, and the McMaster Journal of Theology.