Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Davis, Casey Wayne.

Title Oral biblical criticism : the influence of the principles of orality on the literary structure of Paulʹs Epistle to the Philippians / Casey Wayne Davis.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1999]
©1999

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (199 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 172
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 172.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-187) and indexes.
Summary The Apostle Paul expected the vast majority of the recipients of his letters to hear, not read, them. He structured his compositions for the ear rather than the eye. Pauline audiences would hear clues to meaning and structure because they had learned to communicate in a world where those clues were essential to understanding. Recognizable structures and patterns were essential for listeners to organize what they heard, to follow, to predict and to remember the flow of communication. Oral Biblical Criticism examines Paul's Epistle to the Philippians in light of recent study of oral principles o.
Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1 THE PRINCIPLES OF ORALITY; Chapter 2 ANALYSIS OF THE AUTHOR''S RHETORICAL STYLE; Chapter 3 IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF UNITS; Chapter 4 ANALYSIS OF PROGRESSION FROM UNIT TO UNIT; Appendix A SYNONYMY IN PHILIPPIANS; Appendix B CONCENTRIC AND PARALLEL STRUCTURE IN PHILIPPIANS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXES INDEX OF REFERENCES; INDEX OF AUTHORS.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Bible. Philippians -- Language, style.
Bible. Philippians.
Language and languages -- Style.
Bible. Philippians.
Bible. Philippiens -- Critique textuelle.
Bible. Philippiens -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. Épîtres Paul Philippiens -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Rhetoric in the Bible.
Rhetoric in the Bible.
Rhetorical criticism.
Rhetorical criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Davis, Casey Wayne. Oral biblical criticism. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999 1850759723 (DLC) 99179315 (OCoLC)41029133
ISBN 9780567629067 (electronic book)
0567629066 (electronic book)
1283201321
9781283201322
1850759723
9781850759720