Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Towards a Definition of Rhetoric; 3 Methods of Rhetorical Analysis and Galatians; 4 Rhetorical Structure and Galatians; 5 Rhetorical Species and Galatians; 6 The Language of Paul's Letters: 1. As Evaluated By Early Christian Writers; 7 The Language of Paul's Letters: 2. The Contribution of Modern Studies; 8 Conclusions; Select Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Modern Authors; Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
Summary
This study discusses the relationship between the epistles of Paul and classical rhetoric by focussing on recent studies of Galatians. It concludes that Paul did not write according to the conventions of oratory and that therefore the ancient handbooks can contribute little to the interpretation of his epistles
