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Rhetoric at the Boundaries
Bruce W. Longenecker
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Description for Rhetoric at the Boundaries
Hardcover. Explores the way in which New Testament authors used an ancient rhetorical device to effect smooth transitions, both large and small. This title demonstrates how recognition of this rhetorical technique proves decisive for New Testament interpretation. It examines the evidence for chain-link interlocks in a variety of ancient sources. Num Pages: 300 pages, tables. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
In Rhetoric at the Boundaries Bruce W. Longenecker explores the way in which New Testament authors used an ancient rhetorical device to effect smooth transitions, both large and small. His study demonstrates how recognition of this rhetorical technique proves decisive for New Testament interpretation. Longenecker accomplishes this by examining the evidence for chain-link interlocks in a variety of ancient sources, including the Hebrew scriptures, Jewish and Roman authors of the Graeco-Roman world, and the Graeco-Roman rhetoricians. He then applies the results of the survey to fifteen problematic passages of the New Testament. In each case, Longenecker establishes the presence of ... Read more
In Rhetoric at the Boundaries Bruce W. Longenecker explores the way in which New Testament authors used an ancient rhetorical device to effect smooth transitions, both large and small. His study demonstrates how recognition of this rhetorical technique proves decisive for New Testament interpretation. Longenecker accomplishes this by examining the evidence for chain-link interlocks in a variety of ancient sources, including the Hebrew scriptures, Jewish and Roman authors of the Graeco-Roman world, and the Graeco-Roman rhetoricians. He then applies the results of the survey to fifteen problematic passages of the New Testament. In each case, Longenecker establishes the presence of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781932792249
SKU
V9781932792249
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About Bruce W. Longenecker
Bruce W. Longenecker is Professor of Religion and W. W. Melton Chair at Baylor University.
Reviews for Rhetoric at the Boundaries
"Longenecker has produced a stunning study which zeroes in on a surprisingly neglected literary and rhetorical phenomenon in the Bible-the chain-link or interlock construction (A-b/a-B). Longenecker traces the chain-link through non-Biblical literature to the Old and New Testaments, distinguishing it from other literary and rhetorical linkage techniques. His careful and convincing formalist investigation of the chain-link constructions will surely prove ... Read more