What did Jesus Mean?
Subtitle: Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in Simple and Universal Human Concepts
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9780195137330
First sentence: 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit, For their is the kingdom of heaven.
Description: Linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of Jesus by taking her theory of universal human concepts and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount. Her approach results in strikingly novel interpretations.