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Dunne writes with the heart of a poet and mystic. His lines are simple and elegant, his thinking sharp and astute. Each chapter feels like a prayer and meditation-an invocation to a higher power that suggests the author is experiencing the world for the first time. Readers of all denominations and belief systems will find much to ponder here and may just see the world a little differently after finishing the last page. BlueInk Review (starred review) The book makes a cogent argument that humans are not the authors (creators), but merely the translators (users and manipulators) of what exists in the world. Here, the role of translator is somewhat magical, and the book honors human beings' role and purpose as givers and receivers of meaning, love, and kindness. Seven Brief Lessons on Language is an insightful language arts book with an unusual take on the spiritual underpinnings of English. Foreword Clarion Reviews In writing Seven Brief Lessons on Language, Jonathan Dunne uses his considerable academic skills, backed by research and experience, to bring new meaning to familiar biblical passages and parables. Jonathan approaches his subject in an unconventional and innovative manner. He rearranges letters, substitutes others, uses look-alikes, and reads letters in reverse. Upper and lower case letters are also transposed. The results are remarkable! His interpretations and conclusions may not find favor with all Christians but will provide food for thought for many others. The book offers new explanations for words and texts whose meaning has been either obscured or taken for granted over the years. It will appeal to biblical scholars and those searching for a new depth of understanding of their faith and should be read with an open heart. Readers' Favorite (five-star review)

Dunne writes with the heart of a poet and mystic. His lines are simple and elegant, his thinking sharp and astute. Each chapter feels like a prayer and meditation-an invocation to a higher power that suggests the author is experiencing the world for the first time. Readers of all denominations and belief systems will find much to ponder here and may just see the world a little differently after finishing the last page. BlueInk Review (starred review) The book makes a cogent argument that humans are not the authors (creators), but merely the translators (users and manipulators) of what exists in the world. Here, the role of translator is somewhat magical, and the book honors human beings' role and purpose as givers and receivers of meaning, love, and kindness. Seven Brief Lessons on Language is an insightful language arts book with an unusual take on the spiritual underpinnings of English. Foreword Clarion Reviews In writing Seven Brief Lessons on Language, Jonathan Dunne uses his considerable academic skills, backed by research and experience, to bring new meaning to familiar biblical passages and parables. Jonathan approaches his subject in an unconventional and innovative manner. He rearranges letters, substitutes others, uses look-alikes, and reads letters in reverse. Upper and lower case letters are also transposed. The results are remarkable! His interpretations and conclusions may not find favor with all Christians but will provide food for thought for many others. The book offers new explanations for words and texts whose meaning has been either obscured or taken for granted over the years. It will appeal to biblical scholars and those searching for a new depth of understanding of their faith and should be read with an open heart. Readers' Favorite (five-star review)

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"""Seven Brief Lessons on Language"" is Jonathan Dunne's fourth book on language. He has previously published ""The DNA of the English Language"" (2007), an introduction to word connections; ""The Life of a Translator"" (2013), which looks at coincidence in translation; and ""Stones Of Ithaca"" (2019), a study of the relationship between language and the environment, which uses the example of stones from the beaches of the Greek island of Ithaca. He has recorded a sixteen-part video course on the spiritual content of language called ""Theological English"", which is available to watch on Vimeo and YouTube. Jonathan is a graduate in Classics from Oxford University. He has translated more than seventy books from the Bulgarian, Catalan, Galician and Spanish languages for publishing houses such as Penguin Random House, New Directions and Shearsman Books. He lives with his family in Sofia and serves as a subdeacon in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. For more information, please visit his personal website: www.stonesofithaca.com."

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