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The multilingual Jesus and the sociolinguistic world of the New Testament / by Hughson T. Ong.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Linguistic biblical studies ; v. 12.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (xii, 422 pages)Content type:
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  • 9789004304796
  • 9004304797
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Multilingual Jesus and the sociolinguistic world of the New TestamentDDC classification:
  • 225.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2361.3 .O54 2015
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Multilingualism of AncientPalestine and of Jesus -- Defining the Issue and Problem -- Outline and Contribution of the Study -- The Use of the Gospel of Matthew -- Chapter 1 The Languages of Ancient Palestine and of Jesus-Previous Discussion -- Introduction -- Linguistic Varieties and Their Status and Social Functions -- The Greek Language of the New Testament -- The Use of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Sociolinguistics and the New Testament -- Introduction -- Sociolinguistic Approaches to the New Testament-PreviousStudies -- A Sociolinguistic Approach to the Multilingualism of AncientPalestine-New Proposal -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Sociolinguistic Landscape of Ancient Palestine -- Introduction -- Ancient Palestine as a Multilingual Society -- Language Contact, Language Maintenance and Shifts, Language Decline, and Language Death in Ancient Palestine -- Dialect Geography, Language Boundary, and Isogloss with Reference to the Geography and Inhabitants of Ancient Palestine -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Sociolinguistic World of Jesus -- Introduction -- The Fixed (Standard) Social Domains of Ancient Palestine and Their Corresponding "Default" Languages -- The Social Network of Jesus -- Jesus' Multilingual Proficiency -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Jesus' Multilingualism in the Gospel of Matthew -- Introduction -- Variable Social Domains -- Ethnography of Communication -- Procedure for the Analysis of the Gospel of Matthew -- Sociolinguistic Rules for the Language Selection in Ancient Palestine -- Analysis of the Type of Language Use in the Gospel of Matthew -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Final Remarks and Implications of This Study -- Summary Findings -- Implications for New Testament Research -- Appendix 1 Map of Ancient Palestine.
Appendix 2 Procedural Flowchart of the Probable-Language Selection in a Speech Event or Situation -- Appendix 3 The Social Network of Jesus with Reference to the Gospel of Matthew -- Appendix 4 Summary List of Speech Events of the Use of the Languages of Ancient Palestine with Reference to the Gospel of Matthew -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.
Summary: In The Multilingual Jesus and the Sociolinguistic World of the New Testament , Hughson Ong provides a study of the multifarious social and linguistic dynamics that compose the speech community of ancient Palestine, which include its historical linguistic shifts under different military regimes, its geographical linguistic landscape, the social functions of the languages in its linguistic repertoire, and the specific types of social contexts where those languages were used. Using a sociolinguistic model, his study attempts to paint a portrait of the sociolinguistic situation of ancient Palestine. This book is arguably the most comprehensive treatment of the subject matter to date in terms of its survey of the secondary literature and of its analysis of the sociolinguistic environment of first-century Palestine.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1079891

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Multilingualism of AncientPalestine and of Jesus -- Defining the Issue and Problem -- Outline and Contribution of the Study -- The Use of the Gospel of Matthew -- Chapter 1 The Languages of Ancient Palestine and of Jesus-Previous Discussion -- Introduction -- Linguistic Varieties and Their Status and Social Functions -- The Greek Language of the New Testament -- The Use of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Sociolinguistics and the New Testament -- Introduction -- Sociolinguistic Approaches to the New Testament-PreviousStudies -- A Sociolinguistic Approach to the Multilingualism of AncientPalestine-New Proposal -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Sociolinguistic Landscape of Ancient Palestine -- Introduction -- Ancient Palestine as a Multilingual Society -- Language Contact, Language Maintenance and Shifts, Language Decline, and Language Death in Ancient Palestine -- Dialect Geography, Language Boundary, and Isogloss with Reference to the Geography and Inhabitants of Ancient Palestine -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Sociolinguistic World of Jesus -- Introduction -- The Fixed (Standard) Social Domains of Ancient Palestine and Their Corresponding "Default" Languages -- The Social Network of Jesus -- Jesus' Multilingual Proficiency -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Jesus' Multilingualism in the Gospel of Matthew -- Introduction -- Variable Social Domains -- Ethnography of Communication -- Procedure for the Analysis of the Gospel of Matthew -- Sociolinguistic Rules for the Language Selection in Ancient Palestine -- Analysis of the Type of Language Use in the Gospel of Matthew -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Final Remarks and Implications of This Study -- Summary Findings -- Implications for New Testament Research -- Appendix 1 Map of Ancient Palestine.

Appendix 2 Procedural Flowchart of the Probable-Language Selection in a Speech Event or Situation -- Appendix 3 The Social Network of Jesus with Reference to the Gospel of Matthew -- Appendix 4 Summary List of Speech Events of the Use of the Languages of Ancient Palestine with Reference to the Gospel of Matthew -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.

In The Multilingual Jesus and the Sociolinguistic World of the New Testament , Hughson Ong provides a study of the multifarious social and linguistic dynamics that compose the speech community of ancient Palestine, which include its historical linguistic shifts under different military regimes, its geographical linguistic landscape, the social functions of the languages in its linguistic repertoire, and the specific types of social contexts where those languages were used. Using a sociolinguistic model, his study attempts to paint a portrait of the sociolinguistic situation of ancient Palestine. This book is arguably the most comprehensive treatment of the subject matter to date in terms of its survey of the secondary literature and of its analysis of the sociolinguistic environment of first-century Palestine.

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