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Subject(s)

• Bible New Testament—Socio-rhetorical criticism [Browse]
• Bible New Testament—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]

Series

• Library of New Testament studies. [More in this series]
• Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 174. [More in this series]

Summary note

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

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [306]-348) and indexes.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• CONTENTS; Preface; Miscellany; Style; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; INTRODUTION: 'ARE ALL SALES FINAL, OR CAN I RETURN THIS BOOK?'; Introduction; How Did T Get Here?; Some Relief: A Map of the Terrain Ahead; Chapter 2; 'WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND?' OR 'WHY SHOULD I CARE?'; Rhetorical Criticism of the Bible; What Lies Ahead; Chapter 3; TOWARD A DEFINITION OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca; Wilhelm Wuellner; Steven Mailloux; Summary; Chapter 4; THE (NEW) RHETORICAL CRITICISM(S) AND NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS; a. Burton Mack; b. Vernon Robbins; c. Antoinette Wire
• d. Elisabeth Schiissler Fiorenzanon-Chapter 4e; MUSINGS ON 'THE (NEW) RHETORICAL CRITICISM(S) AND NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS'; Readings through a Rhetoric of Power; Chapter 5; MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE: THE PROMISE OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; Scribbled Love Notes on Splintering Fragments of Thoughts; ASSORTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES; Main Sources; Modern Rhetorical Methods (Selected Materials); Biblical Studies and Rhetoric: Old Testament; Biblical Studies and Rhetoric: New Testament; Rhetoric and the West: Medieval through Nineteenth Century; Vernacular Rhetorics (Selected Materials); Dissertations (1985-94)
• Music and RhetoricIndex of References; Index of Authors

ISBN

• 1-283-19957-2
• 9786613199577
• 0-567-43650-0

OCLC

• 741691307
• 893335559

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