Author : George Bradford Caird
Publisher : Philadelphia : Westminster Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 10,81 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Religion
ISBN :
This recent classic by G.B. Caird explores a host of linguistic principles related to language usage and meaning and points to the way these principles ought to be applied to a reading of the English Bible.
Author : Leland Ryken
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830867333
This reference work explores the images, symbols, motifs, metaphors, figures of speech, and literary patterns found in the Bible. With over 800 articles by over 100 expert contributors, this is an inviting, enlightening and indispensable companion to the reading, study, contemplation and enjoyment of the Bible.
Author : John A. Beck
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310292859
Provides a description of the element or image, shows examples of how it is used in the biblical text, and presents photographs and maps that further illustrate the ideas.
Author : Lois Tverberg
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9780974948201
The Bible speaks in words and phrases that come from a very different culture, place, and time. Hebraic ideas and imagery may sound foreign to our ears, but when we enter the minds of its ancient authors, we discover great new depth and meaning for our lives.
Author : Jennifer L. Lord
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451410964
Sermons use words. And though it may seem obvious that preachers should be careful and exacting in word choice, preachers often set aside this aspect of preaching in favor of exegesis, form, and sermonic focus, and make such language work a secondary task. In Finding Language and Imagery, Jennifer L. Lord asserts that, because language shapes faith, preachers must be disciplined to find fresh words for sermons and to make good choices about both their own words and those borrowed from others. By presenting key tools and terms, along with writing, exercises, Lord helps users develop both their understanding of language and their skills to capture the religious imagination of their listeners. Book jacket.
Author : Lydia Millet
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 14,37 MB
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1324005041
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction One of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year Named one of the best novels of the year by Time, Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Esquire, BBC, and many others National Bestseller "A blistering little classic." —Ron Charles, Washington Post A Children’s Bible follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. Contemptuous of their parents, the children decide to run away when a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, embarking on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside. Lydia Millet’s prophetic and heartbreaking story of generational divide offers a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.
Author : Warren W. Wiersbe
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Biblical references to over four hundred similes, metaphors, and symbols are compiled under headings and subheadings, enabling pastors, teachers, and students to locate and compare the imagery of Scripture.
Author : Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1625646054
Endorsements: "A calm, well-balanced, carefully prepared book. . . . Excellent for adult Bible discussion groups, for occasional sermons, for suggesting ways of inclusive language. This book teaches and directs without antagonizing." --The Bible Today "A persuasive book, useful for personal reflection and group discussion, and ideal for gift-giving." --Daughters of Sarah "This is no dry erudite volume. It rubs salve in personal wounds inflicted by centuries of biblical misreading." --Sojourners "The book reflects careful research; it is written in a style that will appeal to those interested in the implications of biblical research but without the time or inclination to follow the involved discussions of biblical scholarship." --National Catholic Reporter
Author : Robert A. Briggs
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Bibles
ISBN :
Provides an enthusiastic Christian perspective on imagery of the Jewish Temple in the Book of Revelation and its significance to the apocalyptic teachings in the Book of Revelation. The author traces various Temple themes through the Old Testament, demonstrates how they were used in Revelation, and explores the concept of the Temple in a number of noncanonical Jewish writings, assessing the degree to which sources other than the Old Testament influenced the Apocalypse's Temple symbolism. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Brent Sandy
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830896805
What are we to make of Isaiah's image of Mount Zion as the highest of the mountains, or Zechariah's picture of the Mount of Olives split in two, or Daniel's "beast rising out of the sea" or Revelation's "great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns"? How can Peter claim that on the day of Pentecost the prophecy of Joel was being fulfilled, with signs in heaven and wonders on earth, the sun turned to darkness and the moon to blood? The language and imagery of biblical prophecy has been the source of puzzlement for many Christians and a point of dispute for some. How ironic that is! For the prophets and seers were the wordsmiths of their time. They took pains to speak God's word clearly and effectively to their contemporaries. How should we, as citizens of the twenty-first century, understand the imagery of this ancient biblical literature? Are there any clues in the texts themselves, any principles we can apply as we read these important but puzzling biblical texts? D. Brent Sandy carefully considers the language and imagery of prophecy and apocalyptic, how it is used, how it is fulfilled within Scripture, and how we should read it against the horizon of our future. Clearly and engagingly written, Plowshares and Pruning Hooks is the kind of book that gives its readers a new vantage point from which to view the landscape of prophetic and apocalyptic language and imagery.
