Early Christian rhetoric and 2 Thessalonians / / Frank Witt Hughes

• Autore: Hughes Frank Witt
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England : , : JSOT Press, , [1989]; ©1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 227/.8106
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric in the Bible
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword by George A. Kennedy; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; 2 THESSALONIANS AND HISTORICAL CRITICISM; Chapter 2; THE RHETORIC OF LETTERS; Chapter 3; A RHETORICAL INTERPRETATION OF 2 THESSALONIANS; Chapter 4; 2 THESSALONIANS AS A DEUTEROPAULINE LETTER; Chapter 5; CONCLUSIONS: THE LEGACY OF PAUL; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Other Ancient and Mediaeval Literature; Index of Modern Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: 2 Thessalonians is one of the most enigmatic letters in the New Testament, primarily because of its repeated insistence on its authorship by Paul, coupled with its warnings against forgery of Pauline letters. Modern scholarship has made a number of advances in the study of this letter, but the question of the authorship and purpose remain quite open. Hughes gives a detailed investigation of Graeco-Roman rhetorical traditions and their relationship to letters, and develops a consensus model for the identification of the various conventional parts of rhetorical discourses. He then offers an inte
• Titolo autorizzato: Early Christian rhetoric and 2 Thessalonians
• ISBN: 1-283-19219-5; 9786613192196; 0-567-04297-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829075603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of New Testament studies.; Journal for the study of the New Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 30.