04484nam 2200685 450 991046143240332120200520144314.01-283-20143-797866132014300-567-64588-6(CKB)2670000000106408(EBL)742415(OCoLC)745866030(SSID)ssj0000525365(PQKBManifestationID)11334930(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525365(PQKBWorkID)10507072(PQKB)10031902(MiAaPQ)EBC742415(Au-PeEL)EBL742415(CaPaEBR)ebr10866836(CaONFJC)MIL320143(EXLCZ)99267000000010640819961104h19961996 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRhetoric, scripture, and theology essays from the 1994 Pretoria Conference /edited by Stanley E. Porter and Thomas H. OlbrichtSheffield, England :Sheffield Academic Press,[1996]©19961 online resource (449 p.)Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ;131Library of New Testament studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-85075-607-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.CONTENTS; Editors' Preface: Stanley E. Porter and Thomas H. Olbricht; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I. RHETORICAL METHOD AND SCRIPTURAL INTERPRETATION; Challenging the Rhetorical Half-Turn: Feminist and Rhetorical Biblical Criticism; Reading and Divine Sanction: The Ethics of Interpreting the New Testament in the New South Africa; Rhetorical Criticism and Social-Scientific Criticism: Why Won't Romanticism Leave Us Alone?; The Rhetoric of Sacred Scripture; The Father of Lies: Autobiographical Acts in Recent Biblical Criticism and Contemporary Literary TheoryWhy Should the Possibility of Rabbinic Rhetorical Elements in Pauline Writings (e.g. Galatians) Be Reconsidered?Part II. RHETORIC AND SCRIPTURE; 'Postmodern' Rhetoric and the Former Prophetic Literature; Adonai Shalom (Judges 6-9): The Persuasive Means of a Narrative and the Strategies of Inculturation of Yahwism in a New Context; Who is Responsible for Uzzah's Death? Rhetoric in 1 Chronicles 13; The Realm of Prophetic Rhetoric; A Rhetorical History: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles; The Invention of 1 Thessalonians: A ProposalThe Communicative Power of the Epistle to the EphesiansThe Stoicheia and the Rhetoric of Colossians: Then and Now; Style Never Goes out of Fashion: 2 Peter Re-Evaluated; Part III. RHETORIC AND THEOLOGY; A Rhetoric of Gender in Early Christianity: Sex and Salvation in the Acts of Thomas; Beyond Apologetics: Mythology, Rhetoric and the Other in Early Eighteenth-Century France; The Rhetoric of the Scapegoat: A Deconstructive View on Postmodern Hermeneutics; Theology as Rhetoric? Or: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; Index of References; Index of AuthorsRhetoric, Scripture and Theology aptly describe the contents of this collection of essays from the 1994 Pretoria Rhetoric Conference. The conference marked a significant dialogue among scholars gathered from many nations to consider how rhetoric engages with the study of scripture and theology. South Africa provided a suitable context for such discussion. Although the contributors are not only from South Africa, the addressing of issues pertinent to a South African context shows through in many of the essays. Those that do not address particularly South African issues raise equally important iLibrary of New Testament studies.Journal for the study of the New Testament.Supplement series ;131.Rhetoric in the BibleCongressesRhetorical criticismCongressesElectronic books.Rhetoric in the BibleRhetorical criticism220.6/6Porter Stanley E.1956-Olbricht Thomas H.Rhetoric and Religion Conference(1994 :University of South Africa)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461432403321Rhetoric, scripture, and theology2482211UNINA