Paul's witness to formative early Christian instruction
By: Benjamin A. Edsall
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 365; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 365.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9783161530487
Subjects: Theology; Teachings; Christian education; History; Bible
Description: Benjamin A. Edsall re-opens the old quest for the preaching and teaching of the early Church through a new approach that draws on ancient communication practices. Given that ancient communicators relied explicitly on what they presumed their interlocutors to know, the author reconstructs early Christian instruction through Pauline appeals to previous knowledge, both explicit and implicit.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-264) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Finding Paul's teaching through rhetoric; title: Finding Paul's teaching in letters; title: The rhetorical situations of Paul's letters to Thessalonica and Corinth; title: Paul's explicit reminders about his message; title: Paul's direct appeals to knowledge; title: Paul's presupposed audience: implicit appeals to Paul's teaching; title: Summary and conclusions on Paul's formative instruction; title: Paul's teaching and the Roman [typos]: a comparison; title: Conclusions and implications.