Biblical Words and Meaning Sc Rev : An Introduction to Lexical Semantics

by Moisés Silva

• ISBN13: 9780310479819
• ISBN10: 0310479819
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-01-01
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

Authors of an earlier century who filled title pages with never-ending qualifications knew what they were doing. How can one adequately describe the contents of a book in one or two phrases? The present work, for example, makes the pretension of covering the broad field of word meanings in the Bible, a task that cannot be executed in one volume without oversimplifying the material. But on the other hand, unsuspecting readers who have not given much prior thought to linguistics may notice the subtitle and decide to tackle the book, only to wonder what my brand of semantics has done to the simple word 'introduction.'

Author Biography

Moises Silva (Ph.D. Manchester) is professor of New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. 8
Preface	p. 9
Abbreviations	p. 13
Introduction	p. 17
Barr, Linguistics, and Exegesis	p. 18
Theological Lexicography	p. 22
The Scope of Biblical Lexicology	p. 28
Historical Semantics
Etymology	p. 35
Synchrony and Diachrony	p. 35
Etymological Science	p. 38
Etymology and Exegesis	p. 44
Semantic Change and the Role of the Septuagint	p. 53
General Considerations	p. 53
Septuagint and New Testament	p. 56
Using the Septuagint	p. 68
Semantic Change in the New Testament	p. 75
Classifying Semantic Change	p. 76
Semantic Borrowing	p. 86
The Structural Perspective	p. 94
Descriptive Semantics
Some Basic Concepts	p. 101
Denotation	p. 103
Structure	p. 108
Style	p. 114
Sense Relations	p. 119
Relations Based on Similarity	p. 120
Relations Based on Oppositeness	p. 129
Componential Analysis	p. 132
Determining Meaning	p. 137
Context	p. 138
Ambiguity	p. 148
Synonymy	p. 159
Conclusions	p. 171
Annotated Bibliography	p. 179
Recent Developments in Semantics	p. 183
Appendix
Distinguishing the Meaning of Greek Verbs in the Semantic Domain for Worship	p. 201
Index of Authors and Titles	p. 212
Index of Subjects and Glossary	p. 218
Index of Greek Words	p. 221
Index of Hebrew and Aramaic Words	p. 222
Index of Biblical References	p. 223
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