Mark's memory resources and the controversy stories (Mark 2:1-3:6) : an application of the frame theory of cognitive science to the Markan oral-aural narrative / / by Yoon-Man Park.

• Superior document: Linguistic biblical studies, v. 2
• Author: Park, Yoon-Man.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Linguistic biblical studies ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Notes: Revised version of the author's thesis (Th.D.)-- University of Toronto, 2008.

This book is a study of the New Testament using the insights of modern linguistics. Its principal concern, above all, is to examine how the Gospel of Mark, produced in an oral-aural culture, may be illuminated by frame theory from cognitive linguistics, a linguistic theory in which the meaning of a word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph and thematic unit can only be properly understood against the background of a particular body of knowledge and assumptions. The reason this theory is particulary useful for understanding Mark's ancient text is because as an oral-aural narrative it heavily relies on human memory (cognitive) resources; and so the cognitive theory leads us into a better understanding of ways in which the text is communicated in terms of cognitive processing.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Y.-M. Park -- Chapter One. Introduction / Y.-M. Park -- Chapter Two. Mark’s Written Gospel, Orality-Aurality, And Memory / Y.-M. Park -- Chapter Three. Memory Resources Of The Markan Oral-Aural Narrative: Frames / Y.-M. Park -- Chapter Four. Frame Theory / Y.-M. Park -- Chapter Five. Frames And The Organization Of The Controversy Stories (Mark 2.1–3.6) / Y.-M. Park -- Chapter Six. Frames And The Processing Of The Controversy Stories (Mark 2.1–3.6) / Y.-M. Park -- Chapter Seven. Conclusion / Y.-M. Park -- Glossary / Y.-M. Park -- Bibliography / Y.-M. Park -- Index Of Modern Authors / Y.-M. Park -- Index Of Subject / Y.-M. Park -- Index Of Ancient Sources / Y.-M. Park.