New Testament interpretation through rhetorical criticism
by Kennedy, George A., (George Alexander)
This book provides readers of the Bible with an important tool for understanding the Scriptures. Based on the theory and practice of Greek rhetoric in the New Testament, the book's approach acknowledges that New Testament writers wrote to persuade an audience of the truth of their messages. These writers employed rhetorical conventions that were widely known and imitated in the society of the times. Sometimes confirming but often challenging common interpretations of texts, this is a systematic…
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- Full title :New Testament interpretation through rhetorical criticism / George A. Kennedy.
Summary
This book provides readers of the Bible with an important tool for understanding the Scriptures. Based on the theory and practice of Greek rhetoric in the New Testament, the book's approach acknowledges that New Testament writers wrote to persuade an audience of the truth of their messages. These writers employed rhetorical conventions that were widely known and imitated in the society of the times. Sometimes confirming but often challenging common interpretations of texts, this is a systematic study of the rhetorical composition of the New Testament.
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- Publication Date:©1984.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication:Chapel Hill
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1984.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 171 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781469616261, 1469616262
- oclc:ocn559453529
- LC Classification:BS2385
- Dewey Decimal:225.6/6
Table of Contents
Rhetorical criticism -- Deliberative rhetoric :the sermon on the mount, the sermon on the plain, and the rhetoric of Jesus -- Epideictic rhetoric : John 13-17 -- Judicial rhetoric : Second Corinthians -- The rhetoric of the gospels -- The speeches in Acts -- Thessalonians, Galatians, Romans -- Conclusion.
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