Semeia 81: Thinking in Signs: Semiotics and Biblical Studies. . .Thirty Years After
Overview
Semeia is an experimental journal devoted to the exploration of new and emergent areas and methods of biblical criticism. Studies employing the methods, models, and findings of linguistics, folklore studies, contemporary literary criticism, structuralism, social anthropology, and other such disciplines and approaches, are invited. Although experimental in both form and content, Semeia proposes to publish work that reflects a well defined methodology that is appropriate to the material being interpreted.
- Key perspectives on biblical criticism
- Includes bibliographies and index
Top Highlights
“God’s statement (Gen 3:22) poses a special problem. How could humanity become like God by transgressing a divine command?” (Page 145)
“If the human being were to become completely divine, it would cease to be human. Its humanity would disappear and there would be nothing left but divinity. The human being would be truly dead, ‘You will surely die.’” (Page 151)
“God wanted humanity to be happy and he wanted to shield them from unhappiness. But the human desire to experience ‘everything’ had led to the experience of good and bad.” (Page 153)
“Interestingly, the same Hebrew root atsab is used for YHWH’s pain, for woman’s birth pains (3:16) and for the pains of agricultural labour (3:17).” (Page 143)
“yada˓ refers once to knowledge that is intellectual and once to knowledge that is experiential” (Page 147)
- J. Severino Croatto
- Jean Delorme
- Olivette Genest
- René Kieffer
- Mary Phil Korsak
- Louis Panier
- Daniel Patte
- Renate Rose
- Revelation Velunta
- Walter Vogels
- Ellen van Wolde
- Title: Semeia 81: Thinking in Signs: Semiotics and Biblical Studies. . .Thirty Years After
- Editor: Daniel Patte
- Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
- Publication Date: 2000
- Pages: 210
