New Testament rhetoric
Subtitle: an introductory guide to the art of persuasion in and of the New Testament
By: Ben Witherington III.
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781556359293
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Language, style; Rhetoric in the Bible; Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is rhetoric?; title: The oral cultures of the Biblical world; title: Defining and refining the craft of persuasion: Mark and Luke; title: Early Christian homilies: the rhetorical speech summaries in Acts; title: Paul the rhetor and writer; title: The elementary rhetoric of the pastorals; title: The rhetoric of the general epistles; title: The difference rhetoric makes to NT interpretation; title: Postscript: the rhetoric of preaching, the preaching of rhetoric.