Creation language in Romans 8 : a study in monosemy / / by Gregory P. Fewster.

Modern scholarship tends to understand Paul’s use of creation language (κτίσις) in Rom 8.18–23 as part of a commentary on the state of sub-human creation. This misguided position warrants an inquiry into the state of lexical study in New Testament scholarship. As a result, Fewster articulates a theo...

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Linguistic Biblical Studies 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 p.)
Notes:Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2013).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Creation Language in Romans 8: A Survey of Interpretation and Method
  • Systemic Functional Monosemy: A Theory of Lexical Meaning and Function
  • Corpus Linguistics: Lexicographical Data Collection, Theory, and Analysis
  • Modeling Lexicogrammatical Metaphor
  • Corpus Insights into Creation Language in Hellenistic Greek
  • The Contribution of κτισις in the Textual Organization of Romans 8.18–25
  • The Role of κτισις in Discourse Transitivity
  • Conclusions and Results
  • Outline of Specialized Corpus
  • Collocation Charts for κτισις
  • Concordance Chart for κτισις
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.