From linguistics to hermeneutic s : a functional and cognitive approach to Job 12-14 / / by Pierre Van Hecke.

• Author: Van Hecke, Pierre.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill.; c2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica 55.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Linguistics and hermeneutics are often regarded as two mutually exclusive scholarly disciplines. Recent decades, however, have witnessed the rise of linguistic approaches that take meaning back to the heart of their inquiry and can be fruitful for textual interpretation. This book applies the insights of two such approaches, id est functional grammar and cognitive semantics, to the study of Biblical Hebrew with a specific focus on Job 12-14. The result is two-fold. The study offers a detailed linguistic analysis, providing many new insights in the linguistic peculiarities of the text and Biblical Hebrew in general. Moreover, it proposes a fresh exegetical reading of Job’s longest and central speech in the book.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / P. Van Hecke -- Introduction / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter One. Methodological Issues: Linguistics And Hermeneutics / P. Van Hecke -- Introduction / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter Two. Pragmatic Structure Of The Hebrew Clause: Theoretical Overview / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter Three. Pragmatic Analysis Of The Clauses Of Job 12–14 / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter Four. Results And Conclusions / P. Van Hecke -- Introduction / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter Five. Cognitive Semantics: Theoretical And Methodological Issues / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter Six. Semantic Analysis Of Terms Of Cognition And Perception In Job 12–14 / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter Seven. Semantic Analysis Of Terms Of Speech Of Job 12–14 / P. Van Hecke -- Chapter Eight. Conclusions / P. Van Hecke -- Bibliography / P. Van Hecke -- Index Of Authors / P. Van Hecke -- Index Of Hebrew Words And Phrases / P. Van Hecke -- Index Of Texts / P. Van Hecke.