Figures of Speech Used in the Bible
Explained and Illustrated
Hardcover: 1160 pages
Publisher: Baker Books
Author: E.W. Bullinger
ISBN-10: 0801005590
ISBN-13: 978-0801005596
Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 2.4 inches
Weight: 3 pounds
Publisher's Description:
In this classic work, E.W. Bullinger sets out 217 distinct figures of speech present in Scripture. "A figure," he writes, " is simply a word or a sentence through into a peculiar form, different from its original or simplest meaning or use."
Figures of Speech Used in the Bible reveals, in systematic order, the propoer pronounciation of each figure of speech, its etymology or origin, and a number of Scripture passages where each figure of speech is used. In all, nearly eight thousand passages are cited.
The figures of speech are grouped together in three divisions: those involving omission, addition, and change. Five appendices and seven indexes make Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, first published in 1898, even more valuable as a reference tool.
Figures of Speech are key to the interpretation and exposition of the Bible. Translators and commentators who have not paid careful attention to them have made serious blunders and clouded the real meaning of many important passages.
About the Author: E.W. Bullinger was an Anglican clergyman, secretary of the Trinitarian Bible Society, and editor of the monthly journal Things to Come. He wrote ten books, including A Critical Lexicon and Concordande to the English and Greek New Testament, and numerous booklets. Bullinger's Selected Writings were published in 1960.
