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Creation Language in Romans 8: A Study in Monosemy
Author(s): Gregory P. Fewster (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 4 April 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 218 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004246487
- ISBN-13: 9789004246485
Book Description
Modern scholarship tends to understand Paul’s use of creation language (κτίσις) in Rom 8.18–23 as part of a commentary on the state of sub-human creation. This misguided position warrants an inquiry into the state of lexical study in New Testament scholarship. As a result, Fewster articulates a theory of lexical monosemy, cast in the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The model is applied to Paul’s use of κτίσις through a robust corpus analysis and investigation into the word’s role within the paragraph. κτίσις contributes to the cohesive structure of Rom 8.18–23 and―contra the majority of interpreters―functions as a metaphor for the human body.
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About the Author
Gregory P. Fewster is a graduate of McMaster Divinity College and is Adjunct Instructor of Greek at Great Lakes Bible College in Waterloo, Ontario. He serves as Associate Editor for the journal Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics.
