Context describes the network of circumstances that surround and inform a statement, text, action, culture, or concept. This can include historical setting, literary structure, cultural assumptions, audience expectations, and immediate surroundings such as neighboring sentences or events. Attention to context helps clarify intended meaning, limits misunderstanding, and explains why the same words or actions may carry different implications in different settings. Rather than adding meaning, context frames how meaning is recognized and evaluated.
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- Schmidt, Sergio Alejandro, One Gospel, Two Facades: The Change of the Intended Reader in the Beginning of the Fourth Gospel (John 1:1-34)
- Van der Zwan, P., Hair Matters: The Psychoanalytical Significance of the Virtual Absence of Hair in the Book of Job in an African Context
- Verhyden, Joseph, "Evidence of 1 Enoch 10:4 in Matthew 22:13?" in Hilhorst, A., et al. Flores Florentino: Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Early Jewish Studies in Honour of Florentino Garcia Martinez
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