TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caird,G.B.
TI  - The language and imagery of the Bible
SN  - 0802842216 (alk. paper)
AV  - BS537 .C33 1997
U1  - 220.6/6 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI.
PB  - Eerdmans
KW  - Bible
KW  - Language, style
KW  - English
KW  - Versions
KW  - New English
N1  - Originally published: London : Duckworth, 1980; Includes bibliographical references and index; The uses and abuses of language --
The meaning of meaning --
Changes of meaning --
Opacity, vagueness and ambiguity --
Hebrew idiom and Hebrew thought --
The Septuagint --
Literal and non-literal --
Comparative language I : simile and metaphor --
Comparative language II : special forms --
Anthropomorphism --
Linguistic awareness --
Language and history --
The language of myth --
The language of eschatology
ER  -