LEADER 04249nam 2200865Ia 450 001 9910961355903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610280797 010 $a9781280280795 010 $a1280280794 010 $a9780889209138 010 $a0889209138 010 $a9781423743026 010 $a1423743024 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889209138 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247070 035 $a(EBL)685531 035 $a(OCoLC)753479467 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000237966 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187766 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237966 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10222443 035 $a(PQKB)11025651 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402714 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521104 035 $a(OCoLC)62744710 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14377 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10114325 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/n3kxtg 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685531 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3242612 035 $a(DE-B1597)667394 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889209138 035 $a(Perlego)1706260 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247070 100 $a20050907d2005 uy e 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRhetoric and reality in early Christianities /$fWilli Braun, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cPublished for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Christianity and Judaism = Etudes sur le christianisme et le judaisme ;$v16 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780889204621 311 08$a0889204624 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Contributors; 1 Rhetoric, Rhetoricality, and Discourse Performances; 2 The Rhetoric of Social Construction: Language and Society in the Gospel of Thomas; 3 Melito of Sardis, the Second Sophistic, and ""Israel""; 4 Early Christian Heroes and Lukan Narrative: Stephen and the Hellenists in Ancient Historiographical Perspective; 5 Can Nympha Rule This House? The Rhetoric of Domesticity in Colossians; 6 ""Raised from the Dung"": Hagiography, Liberation, and the Social Subversiveness of Early Medieval Christianity 327 $a7 Philosophical Counsel versus Customary Lament in Fourth-Century Christian Responses to Death8 Performativity, Narrative, and Cognition: ""Demythologizing"" the Roman Cult of Mithras; 9 Feeling Persuaded: Christianization as Social Formation; Index 330 $a One of the most pressing issues for scholars of religion concerns the role of persuasion in early Christianities and other religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. The essays in Rhetoric and Reality in Early Christianities explore questions about persuasion and its relationship to early Christianities. The contributors theorize about persuasion as the effect of verbal performances, such as argumentation in accordance with rules of rhetoric, or as a result of other types of performance: ritual, behavioural, or imagistic. They discuss the relationship between the verbal performance of rhet 410 0$aStudies in Christianity and Judaism ;$v16. 606 $aPersuasion (Rhetoric)$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 606 $aRhetoric, Ancient 606 $aPersuasion (Rhetoric)$xSocial aspects$zMediterranean Region 615 0$aPersuasion (Rhetoric)$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aRhetoric, Ancient. 615 0$aPersuasion (Rhetoric)$xSocial aspects 676 $a270.1 686 $aBO 2110$qSEPA$2rvk 701 $aBraun$b Willi$f1954-$01805586 712 02$aCanadian Corporation for Studies in Religion. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961355903321 996 $aRhetoric and reality in early Christianities$94354265 997 $aUNINA