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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825787803321

Autore

King Justin

Titolo

Speech-in-character, diatribe, and Romans 3:1-9 : who's speaking when and why it matters / / by Justin King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

90-04-37329-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 pages)

Collana

Biblical interpretation series ; ; Volume 163

Disciplina

227/.1066

Soggetti

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Introduction -- Speech-in-Character -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Speech-in-Character in the Rhetorical Handbooks -- Speech-in-Character in the Progymnasmata -- Speech-in-Character: A Synthesis -- Examples of Speech-in-Character in Paul -- Diatribe -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Portrayals of Diatribe -- Examples of Diatribal Dialogue -- Romans 3:1–9 -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Traditional Readings of the Dialogue in Rom 3:1–9 and Its Role in the Letter -- Rescriptive Readings of the Dialogue in Romans 3:1–9 and Its Role in the Letter -- Romans 1–2: The Ethnically Inclusive and Impartial Gospel and the Characterization of the Interlocutor -- Romans 3:1–9 and the Argument of Romans -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

In Speech-in-Character, Diatribe, and Romans 3:1-9 , Justin King argues that the rhetorical skill of speech-in-character ( prosopopoiia, sermocinatio, conformatio ) offers a methodologically sound foundation for understanding the script of Paul’s imaginary dialogue with an interlocutor in Romans 3:1-9. King focuses on speech-in-character’s stable criterion that attributed speech should be appropriate to the characterization of the speaker. Here, speech-in-character helps to inform which voice in the dialogue speaks which lines, and the general goals of diatribe help shape how an “appropriate” understanding of the script is best interpreted. King’s analyses of



speech-in-character, diatribe, and Romans, therefore, make independent contributions while simultaneously working together to advance scholarship on a much debated passage in one of history’s most important texts.