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1 online resource (506 pages) |
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The Library of New Testament Studies |
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Library of New Testament studies.
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Editors' Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction: The London Papers in Perspective; Part I. THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS; The Present and Future of Rhetorical Analysis; The Word Made Flesh: Epistemology, Ontology and Postmodern Rhetorics; Constructing the Dead Author: Postmodernism's Rhetoric of Death; The Flowering of Rhetorical Criticism in America; Ancient Historical Method and the Training of an Orator; Part II. THE OLD TESTAMENT; Persuasions in Judges 2.20-3.6: A Celebration of Differences |
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Elihu (Job 32-37), Garrulous But Poor Rhetor? Why is he Ignored?Part III. THE GOSPELS; Mark's Story of Jesus and the Search for Virtue; Argumentation and the Problem of Authority: Synoptic Rhetoric of Pronouncement in Cultural Context; Methodological Considerations in the Determination of the Social Context of Cynic Rhetorical Practice: Implications for our Present Studies of the Jesus Traditions; Part IV. Paul and His Rhetoric; Paul's Use of Irony as a Rhetorical Technique; Ancient Rhetorical Analysis and Discourse Analysis of the Pauline Corpus; The Catalogue in Ancient Greek Literature |
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The Rhetoric of Romans 5-8An Argument from the Letter and Intent of the Law as the Primary Argumentative Strategy in Romans; Rhetorical Criticism and the Corinthian Correspondence; Paul, The Seer: The Rhetorical Persona in 1 Corinthians 2.1-16; Establishing a New Value System in Corinth: 1 Corinthians 5-6 as Persuasive Argument; 'The Thorn in the Flesh'/Der Pfahl Im Fleisch': Considerations about 2 Corinthians 12.7-10 in Connection with 12.1-13; The Integration of Epistolary and Rhetorical Analysis of Philippians; A Rhetorical Reading of the Epistle to Titus |
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Construction of Culture Through the Construction of Person: The Acts of Thecla as an ExamplePart V. CONCLUSION; Reflections on the London Conference on the Rhetorical Analysis of Scripture; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Modern Authors |
| Summary |
This is the third in a series of conference papers on rhetorical criticism. Held in July 1995 in London, the conference included participants from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the Republic of South Africa. Part I is concerned with the past, present and future of rhetorical analysis; Parts II, III and IV are concerned with rhetorical analysis of scriptural texts; and Part V provides a conclusion reflecting on a number of questions raised in Part I. Most of the participants would characterize themselves as advocates of rhetorical criticism; but t |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- Language, style -- Congresses
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Bible fast |
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Rhetoric in the Bible -- Congresses
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Rhetorical criticism -- Congresses
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Language and languages -- Style
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Rhetoric in the Bible
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Rhetorical criticism
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Olbricht, Thomas H
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| ISBN |
9780567545244 |
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0567545245 |
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