Re-constructing babel: Discourse analysis, hermeneutics and the interpretive arc

Discourse Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-568

  Bell, Allan ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Babel; biblical interpretation; discourse analysis; discourse interpretation; diversity; hermeneutics; ideology; imperialism; interpretive arc; matter of the text; multilingualism; Ricoeur

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355123565     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445611412699     Document Type: Article

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