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Author Hester, J. David.

Title Academic constraints in rhetorical criticism of the New Testament : an introduction to a rhetoric of power / J. David Hester Amador
Published Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (354 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 174
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 174.
Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Miscellany; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: ''ARE ALL SALES FINAL, OR CAN I RETURN THIS BOOK?''; Chapter 2 ''WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND?'' OR ''WHY SHOULD I CARE?''; Chapter 3 TOWARD A DEFINITION OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; Chapter 4 THE (NEW) RHETORICAL CRITICISM(S) AND NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS; Chapter 5 MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE: THE PROMISE(S) OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; ASSORTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES; Index of References; Index of Authors
Summary Rhetorical criticism promised to bring New Testament studies into a new era that approached the Bible as a document of persuasive discourse. Major proponents of this approach suggested that its potential lies in its democratization of biblical interpretation. To date, that promise has never been fulfilled. The reasons can be found by exploring the rhetoric of these rhetorical critics. Such an exploration uncovers systems of disciplinary constraints and discursive habits that keep rhetoric firmly within traditional units of academic biblical interpretation. The promise of rhetoric can only be f
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-348) and indexes
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SUBJECT Bible. New Testament -- Socio-rhetorical criticism
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. New Testament fast
Bibel Neues Testament gnd
Bible. New Testament -- Critique, interprétation, etc. ram
Subject Rhetoric in the Bible.
RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- New Testament.
Rhetoric in the Bible
Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works
Rhetorik
Nieuwe Testament.
Retorica.
Rhétorique dans la Bible.
Critique rhétorique.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567436504
0567436500
1283199572
9781283199575