Sam Creve - Mark Janse - Kristoffel Demoen, «The Pauline Key Words pneu=ma and sa/rc and their Translation.», Vol. 20 (2007) 15-31
This paper examines the meaning of the Pauline key words pneu=ma and sa/rc and the way they are rendered in recent Bible translations. The first part presents a new approach to lexical semantics called cognitive grammar by which the various meanings of pneu=ma and sa/rc are represented as networks connected by semantic relations such as metonymy and metaphor. The second part investigates the way in shich recent Bible translations navigate between concordant and interpretative translation: pneu=ma is generally translated concordantly as «S/spirit», whereas sa/rc is often rendered interpretatively to avoid the traditional concordant translation «flesh».
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Sam CREVE
Mark JANSE
Kristoffel DEMOEN
Universiteit Gent
Vakgroep Latijn & Grieks
Blandijnberg 2
9000 Gent (BELGIUM)
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