1. Introduction
2. How we communicate
3. Particles
4. Representation
5. Irony and Metaphor
6. Conditionals
7. Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index of Subjects and Authors
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Literature
Margaret G. Sim is an International Translation Consultant with SIL and was until recently a lecturer in New Testament at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (1991-2012). Her previous publications include 'Marking Thought and Talk in New Testament Greek' (James Clarke, 2011), 'Particles and Participles: a helpful partnership? in 'Discourse Studies and Biblical Interpretation (Logos, 2011) and 'Septuagint' in 'Dictionary of Biblical Translation (American Bible Society, 2013).
"Arguably, contemporary linguistics has more to offer New Testament
interpretation than any other 'new' methodology. In this
excellently written and accessible book, Margaret Sim, shows how
insights from relevance theory, a fresh and fast-growing area of
linguistics, can illuminate New Testament texts and enhance our
understanding of them. I highly recommend it to serious
students of the New Testament."
- Edward Adams, Professor of New Testament Studies, King's College
London
"Margaret Sim shows how one of the leading theories of pragmatics -
Relevance Theory - provides a comprehensive and enlightening
account of how we communicate, and applies this rigorously to the
New Testament. Her exposition shows how focusing on the
communicative functions of words sheds light on many exegetical
controversies involving issues such as how to identify irony, the
flexibility of connectives, and the various uses of conditional
sentences. The book is written in a clear and jargon-free manner
that will make it accessible to advanced students of biblical
studies and established biblical scholars with little or no prior
exposure to linguistics and pragmatics."
- Steve Nicolle, Assistant Professor, Canada Institute of
Linguistics, Trinity Western University, Canada
"In contrast to many linguistics text books that are obscure and
hard to follow, Margaret Sim makes excellent use of her many years
of experience of both linguistics and teaching to provide a
beautifully clear and helpful introduction to relevance theory and
the ways in which it can be of considerable value for understanding
the Bible."
- Peter Oakes, Greenwood Senior Lecturer in the New Testament,
University of Manchester
"Sim provides an excellent introduction to RT for biblical
scholars. For those who have not mastered the complexities of RT
but are devoted to interpretations for text, this book is a
splendid introduction and an encouragement to apply the insights of
RT to the interpretative task."
- Kent E. Brower, Journal for the Study of The New Testament:
Booklist 2017, Volume 39.5, August 2017
"Sim provides a helpful introduction to the concept of relevance
theory and its import for biblical scholarship"
- Margaret Sim, Theological Book Review vol.28 no.1, p.21
Margaret Sim makes excellent use of her many years of experience of
both linguistics and teaching to provide a beautifully clear and
helpful introduction to relevance theory and the ways in which it
can be of considerable value for understanding the Bible.
Filología Neotestamentaria - Vols. XXXIII - 2020, p.235
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