What's in the Word
Subtitle: rethinking the socio-rhetorical character of the New Testament
By: Ben Witherington III.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781602581968
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Socio-rhetorical criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Invitation to the dance; title: Oral examination : how did oral texts function in a rhetorical culture?; title: Canonical pseudepigrapha : is it an oxymoron?; title: Rethinking and redescribing scribal culture; title: The question of sermons and homilies in the New Testament; title: Rom 7:7-25 : retelling Adam's tale; title: What's in a name? : rethinking the historical figure of the beloved disciple in the Fourth Gospel; title: What's in a word? part one : eidolothuton; title: What's in a word? part two : porneia; title: What's in a phrase? : no male and female (Gal. 3.28); title: Christianity in the making : oral mystery or eyewitness history?; title: The rise of canon consciousness and the formation of the New Testament; title: Sign posts along the way : on taking the less-travelled path.