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Scriptures and the Guidance of Language

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Scriptures and the Guidance of Language

By Steven Smith

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About the book

In this book, Steven G. Smith focuses on the guidance function in language and scripture and evaluates the assumptions and ideals of scriptural religion in global perspective. He brings to language studies a new pragmatic emphasis on the shared modeling of life-in-the-world by communicators constantly depending on each other's guidance. Using concepts of axiality and axialization derived from Jaspers' description of the 'Axial Age', he shows the essential role of scripture in the historical prog...Show more

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9781108473217

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2018

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1

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Scriptures and the Guidance of Language

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Hardcover

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