Studies in the Semiotics of Biblical Law (Hardcover)

This book explains and illustrates a variety of semiotic issues in the study of biblical law. Commencing with a review of relevant literature in linguistics, philosophy, semiotics and psychology, it examines biblical law in terms of its users, its medium and its message. It criticizes our use of the notion of 'literal meaning', at the level of both words and sentences, preferring to see meaning constructed by the narrative images that the language evokes. These images may come from either social experience or cultural narratives. Speech performance is important, both in the negotiation of the law and the narratives of its communication. Non-linguistic semiotic phenomena, utilizing other senses and involving such notions as space and time, also need to be taken into account. For the early biblical period, at least, conceptions of law based upon modern models need to be replaced by the notion of 'wisdom-laws'. Amongst the issues addressed in the course of the argument are the structure of the Decalogue, the role in the law of (Greenberg's) 'postulates', 'covenant renewal' and 'talionic punishment'.>

General

Imprint:	Sheffield Academic Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	November 2000
Authors:	Bernard S. Jackson
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-1-84127-150-7
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Semiology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Law > Other areas of law > Ecclesiastical (canon) law Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	1-84127-150-0
Barcode:	9781841271507

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