More than Meets the Ear

by Matthews, Victor Harold

• ISBN13: 9780802803849
• ISBN10: 0802803849
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-16
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

More Than a simple exchange of words, conversations in the biblical narratives offer an array of clues that define the characters and their relationships, the setting of the conversations, and the language the characters employ. Using current critical communication theories from a number of fields - anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literary studies - Victor Matthews analyzes such conversations as the interchange between Judah and Tamar, Moses and Jethro's back-and-forth, Ezra's public address, and the dialogues recorded in Daniel.

Author Biography

Victor H. Matthews is professor of religious studies and associate dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs at Missouri State University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
Abbreviations	p. xi
Analyzing Biblical Dialogue with Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis	p. 1
Discourse and Cognition in the Story of Judah and Tamar	p. 27
Conversation Analysis and Embedded Dialogue	p. 67
Dialogue as a Social Kaleidoscope: Using Positioning Theory	p. 101
Spatiality and Context	p. 131
Glossary of Technical Terms	p. 165
Bibliography	p. 169
Subject Index	p. 188
Scripture Index	p. 193
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