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Author Hester, J. David.

Title Academic constraints in rhetorical criticism of the New Testament : an introduction to a rhetoric of power / J. David Hester Amador.

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

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Description 1 online resource (354 pages).
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Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 174
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 174.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-348) and indexes.
Summary Rhetorical criticism promised to bring New Testament studies into a new era that approached the Bible as a document of persuasive discourse. Major proponents of this approach suggested that its potential lies in its democratization of biblical interpretation. To date, that promise has never been fulfilled. The reasons can be found by exploring the rhetoric of these rhetorical critics. Such an exploration uncovers systems of disciplinary constraints and discursive habits that keep rhetoric firmly within traditional units of academic biblical interpretation. The promise of rhetoric can only be f.
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Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Miscellany; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: ''ARE ALL SALES FINAL, OR CAN I RETURN THIS BOOK?''; Chapter 2 ''WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND?'' OR ''WHY SHOULD I CARE?''; Chapter 3 TOWARD A DEFINITION OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; Chapter 4 THE (NEW) RHETORICAL CRITICISM(S) AND NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS; Chapter 5 MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE: THE PROMISE(S) OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; ASSORTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES; Index of References; Index of Authors.
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Subject Bible. New Testament -- Socio-rhetorical criticism.
Bible. New Testament.
Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works.
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. New Testament -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. New Testament -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Neues Testament.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Amador, J. David Hester. Academic constraints in rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999 1850759235 (DLC) 99179286 (OCoLC)41029683
ISBN 9780567436504 (electronic book)
0567436500 (electronic book)
1283199572
9781283199575
1850759235
9781850759232