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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Creation Language in Romans 8: A Survey of Interpretation and Method -- Systemic Functional Monosemy: A Theory of Lexical Meaning and Function -- Corpus Linguistics: Lexicographical Data Collection, Theory, and Analysis -- Modeling Lexicogrammatical Metaphor -- Corpus Insights into Creation Language in Hellenistic Greek -- The Contribution of κτισις in the Textual Organization of Romans 8.18–25 -- The Role of κτισις in Discourse Transitivity -- Conclusions and Results -- Outline of Specialized Corpus -- Collocation Charts for κτισις -- Concordance Chart for κτισις -- Bibliography -- Indexes.

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Modern scholarship tends to understand Paul’s use of creation language (κτίσις) in Rom 8.18–23 as part of a commentary on the state of sub-human creation. This misguided position warrants an inquiry into the state of lexical study in New Testament scholarship. As a result, Fewster articulates a theory of lexical monosemy, cast in the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The model is applied to Paul’s use of κτίσις through a robust corpus analysis and investigation into the word's role within the paragraph. κτίσις contributes to the cohesive structure of Rom 8.18–23 and—contra the majority of interpreters—functions as a metaphor for the human body.