Wierzbicka, Anna (2001). What did Jesus mean? Explaining the sermon on the mount and the parables in simple and universal human concepts. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/0195137337.001.0001
Translated into Polish as:
Wierzbicka, Anna (2002). Co mówi Jezus? Objaśnianie przypowieści ewangelicznych w słowach prostych i uniwersalnych. Warszawa: PWN.
This book explores the meaning of Jesus’ key sayings and parables from a radically new perspective – that of simple and universal human concepts, found in all languages. Building on modern biblical criticism in general and the vast literature on the Sermon on the Mount and the parables in particular, the author also brings to the task a close knowledge of recent developments in linguistics, anthropology, and cultural psychology. Her explanations of “what Jesus meant” build on her work as the author of many books on cultural diversity and the universals of language and thought.
