Ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Die Redewendungen der Bibel
by Rainer Metzner
German description: Die Bibel birgt einen Schatz von volkstumlichen Redewendungen. Zu ihnen gehoren z.B. sich ins Faustchen lachen, die Haare zu Berge stehen, gegen den Strom schwimmen. Martin Luther und sein Team von Ubersetzern haben sich ihrer mit Vorliebe bedient, um die biblischen Originalsprachen anschaulich, dem Volk aufs Maul sehend, zu ubersetzen. Redewendungen sind feste Wortverbindungen einer Sprachgemeinschaft. Sie spiegeln Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen wider, vereinfachen die Kommunikation, machen sprachliche Ausserungen attraktiv. Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt 350 Redewendungen der Lutherbibel vor. Sie erklart ihre Bedeutung im Kontext des Bibeltextes und verdeutlicht ihren Einfluss auf die deutsche Sprache an Beispielen aus literarischen Werken (Belletristik, Lieddichtung, Philosophie, Geschichte). English summary: The Bible contains a treasure trove of popular idioms. They include, for example, laughing in one’s sleeve, one’s hair standing on end, striving against the stream. Martin Luther and his team of translators liked to use them to vividly translate the original biblical language, looking at how people really talk. Idioms are fixed word combinations of a language community. They reflect attitudes and behaviours, simplify communication, and make linguistic expressions attractive. This work presents 350 idioms of the Luther Bible. It explains their meaning in the context of the biblical text and illustrates their influence on the German language with examples from literary works (fiction, song poetry, philosophy, history).
- By (author) Rainer Metzner
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