The Metatext of the Critical Framework of Biblical and Religious Writings. Identity, Genesis and Function Cover Image

Metatextul aparatului critic în stilul biblic-religios. Identitate, geneză, funcţie
The Metatext of the Critical Framework of Biblical and Religious Writings. Identity, Genesis and Function

Author(s): Monica Timofte
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: text; metatext; Biblical hermeneutics; principle of analogy; clarity;

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on Bible cross references as a metatext. The inductive description of their binary identity led us to a clearer distinction between text as a pragmaticsyntactic unit and metatext. Our excursus on their genesis and function zoomed in on one of the principles of Biblical hermeneutics, called the principle of analogy. The aspects of simplicity, exhaustivity, and non-contradiction [Hjelmslev 1943: 13] of the Scriptures are also inherently implied in the overall discussion of this hermeneutical principle.

  • Issue Year: XXVIII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 91-98
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian