Paul and Rhetoric

by Sampley, J. Paul; Lampe, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780567027047
• ISBN10: 056702704X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

Paul and Rhetoric contains essays that engage and represent modern scholarship on Paul and rhetorical studies.

Author Biography

J. Paul Sampley is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Christian Origins, Boston University, USA. Peter Lampe is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Hon. Prof. at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Ruminations Occasioned by the Publication of These Essays and the End of the Seminar
Setting the Stage
Rhetorical Analysis of Pauline Texts—Quo Vadit?	p. 3
Methodological Reflections
The State of the Art
The Three Species of Rhetoric and the Study of the Pauline Epistles	p. 25
Invention and Arrangement in Recent Pauline Rhetorical Studies	p. 48
A Survey of the Practices and the Problems
The Role of Style in the Pauline Epistles	p. 119
From Ornamentation to Argumentative Strategies
Relation of Rhetoric to Other Disciplines
Ancient Rhetoric and Ancient Letters	p. 143
Models for Reading Paul, and Their Limits
Rhetoric and Theology in the Letters of Paul	p. 161
Quintilian's Psychological Insights in his Institutio Oratoria	p. 180
Studies of Specific Pauline Texts
Paul as Poet	p. 203
Death and Life as Metaphors	p. 203
Can Words be Violent or Do They Only Sound That Way?	p. 223
Second Corinthians: Verbal Warfare from Afar as a Complement to a Placid Personal Presence
Index of Names	p. 241
Index of Passages	p. 248
Contributors	p. 261
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