Relevance Theory and the Hebrew Bible - a Few Resources

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Matthew Longhorn
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Relevance Theory and the Hebrew Bible - a Few Resources

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Over at B-Greek I started to compile a list of resources dealing with the New Testament in various ways through the lens of Relevance Theory
https://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/forum/vi ... =10&t=4859

The list below is a start at this for the Old Testament, dealing with RT and Hebrew either in passing or as a focus. Due to a scarcity of material on this, some of the resources do not exclusively use RT here, but discuss it at some point.
For general works on translation theory and application in this theoretical framework, follow the link above


Alo, A.
“Translating the metaphor LIGHT from and Ancient Hebrew and Greek text into Lagbarati (Nilo-Saharan): A relevance-theoretic application.” In:
Relevance Studies in Poland. Exploring Translation and Communication Problems. Eds. M. Kisielewska-Krysiuk, A. Piskorska and E. Wałaszewska.
Warsaw (Poland): Warsaw University Press, 11-26.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Relevance-Expl ... glink.com/


Floor, S
From Information structure , Topic and Focus, to Theme in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/do ... 1&type=pdf


Hankore, D.
“The role of key words in a cross-cultural translation process: The case of wow in ancient Hebrew and Haddiya.” In: Relevance Studies in Poland.
Exploring Translation and Communication Problems. Eds. M. Kisielewska-Krysiuk, A. Piskorska and E. Wałaszewska. Warsaw (Poland): Warsaw
University Press, 27-43.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Relevance-Expl ... 8323506035

The Abduction of Dinah: Reading Genesis 28:10-35:15 as a Votive Narrative
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abduction-Dina ... ref=sr_1_1?
dchild=1&keywords=hankore+dinah&qid=1599043140&s=books&sr=1-1

Hilber, J
Old Testament Cosmology and Divine Accommodation: A Relevance Theory Approach
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Old-Testament- ... ref=sr_1_1?
dchild=1&keywords=hilber+accomodation&qid=1599043234&sr=8-1

Klangwisan
Earthing the Cosmic Queen: Relevance Theory and the Song of Songs
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earthing-Cosmi ... ref=sr_1_1?
dchild=1&keywords=9781625644992&linkCode=qs&qid=1599043355&s=books&sr=1-1

Liol-Agueng, R.C.
“Translating the concepts of justice and righteousness in the Hebrew of Amos: Challenges toward a universal definition.” In: Relevance Studies in
Poland. Exploring Translation and Communication Problems. Eds. M. Kisielewska-Krysiuk, A. Piskorska and E. Wałaszewska. Warsaw (Poland):
Warsaw University Press, 44-56.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Relevance-Expl ... 8323506035

Runge, S
A DISCOURSE-FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANT REFERENCE IN BIBLICAL HEBREW NARRATIVE
http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/1212

Smith, K
“Relevance Theory”, in: Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, Edited by: Geoffrey Khan. Consulted online on 02 September 2020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2212-4241_ehl ... M_00000808
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Aaron, D
Biblical Ambiguities: Metaphor, Semantics and Divine Imagery
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Biblical-Ambig ... 696&sr=1-1
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Levy, G
The Biblical Polemic Against Divination in Light of the Domestication of Folk Psychology
http://www.csr-arc.com/files/7/ARC-6-Di ... erLEVY.pdf
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