How Long to Read Signs and Meanings

How Long Does it Take to Read Signs and Meanings?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 44 minutes to read Signs and Meanings by R. A. Marcus

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book is based upon the author's Forwood Lectures for 1995 in the University of Liverpool. The first two chapters incorporate the full texts of these and study early Christian conceptions of signs and signification, and investigate the ways in which Christian authors, especially Augustine of Hippo and Gregory the Great, made use of theories of meaning in their ways of interpreting Scriptures. Their interest in the notions of communities based on shared traditions of reading, understanding, and interpretation is given special attention. Professor Markus also considers the question of the ways in which different approaches to the Bible have had more far-reaching implications for their authors' worldviews: to what extent biblical hermeneutics helped shape their hermeneutics of experience. Their differing ways of approaching the Bible related to the huge change in Christian self-understanding between Augustine (c. AD 400) and Gregory the Great (c. AD 600): ascetic habits of reading come to shape a general response to the world as well as to the biblical text. The lecture texts are complemented by further chapters devoted specifically to the theory of signs and meaning, and some of its application in special contexts, such as magic and ritual.

How long is Signs and Meanings?

Signs and Meanings by R. A. Marcus is 159 pages long, and a total of 41,181 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Signs and Meanings Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 45 minutes to read Signs and Meanings aloud.

What Reading Level is Signs and Meanings?

Signs and Meanings is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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