This book applies, in a more specialist area, a similar treatment to that used by Professor Barr in The Semantics of Biblical Language, and like the earlier volume criticizes much of previous scholarship. In recent Old Testament studies, increasing reliance has been placed on the resources of langua[...]

This textbook introduces theological hermeneutics by giving a historical account of the development of hermeneutical thinking. It presents an overview of the various hermeneutical schools of thought, and shows their rooted-ness in different parts of the hermeneutical tradition.[...]

These essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included.[...]

Hahn extends the message of "The Lamb's Supper," offering far-reaching and profound insights into what the Bible teaches about living the spiritual life. Focusing on the Catholic Mass, he describes how God's Word is meant to focus on the life-giving power of the sacraments, and how the liturgy bring[...]

You can t block the dead.
Annabel Craven hopes she ll fit in maybe even be popular at the Academy. She s worried she ll stay friendless and phoneless (it s true). But when she finds a mysterious phone in the woods near the cemetery, one of her problems is solved . . . and another one is just beg[...]

A practical, 'user-friendly' guide to the issues and methods associated with text and discourse analysis. Text and Discourse Analysis: * examines a wide variety of authentic texts including news stories, adverts, novels, official forms, instruction manuals and textbooks * contains numerous practical[...]

Picturebooks frequently appear in works on the acquisition of literacy, both pre-school and during the school years, but almost never are they examined and analysed as a unique form of text. Much is always assumed about the nature of the texts being read; there is no substantial tradition of analys[...]