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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960616803321

Autore

Schellenberg Ryan S

Titolo

Rethinking Paul's rhetorical education : comparative rhetoric and 2 Corinthians 10-13 / / Ryan S. Schellenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta : , : Society of Biblical Literature, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-58983-780-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Collana

Early Christianity and its literature ; ; number 10

Disciplina

227/.306

Soggetti

Rhetoric in the Bible

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 (pages 325-371) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

; Part 1: Paul's rhetorical education in recent scholarship. From unschooled tentmaker to educated rhetorician -- Second Corinthians 10-13 : a historical and literary introduction -- ; Part 2: Querying rhetorical criticism of 2 Corinthians 10-13. Forensic rhetoric, epistolary types, and rhetorical education -- Paul's (in)appropriate boasting : periautologia -- Peristasis catalogues : rhythm, amplification, Klangfiguren -- Not a fool, a fool's mask : Narrenrede and prosōpopoiia -- Synkrisis in Corinth -- Not a fool, it's (only) irony -- ; Part 3: Rhetoric as informal social practice. Toward a theory of general rhetoric -- Attending to other voices -- The acquisition of informal rhetorical knowledge -- [Hidiōtēs tō Logō] -- Conclusion : "where is the voice coming from?".

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies 2015 F. W. Beare Award Did Paul have formal training in Greco-Roman rhetoric, or did he learn what he knew of persuasion informally, as social practice? Pauline scholars recognize the importance of this question both for determining Paul's social status and for conceptualizing the nature of his letters, but they have been unable to reach a consensus. Using 2 Corinthians 10-13 as a test case, Ryan Schellenberg undertakes a set of comparisons with non-Western speakers--most compellingly, the Seneca orator Red Jacket--to demonstrate that the rhetorical strategies Paul employs in this text are also attested in speakers known to have had no formal training in Greco-Roman rhetoric. Since there are no



specific indicators of formal training in the way Paul uses these strategies, their appearance in his letters does not constitute evidence that Paul received formal rhetorical education.