"New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism"
provides readers of the Bible with an important tool for
understanding the Scriptures. Based on the theory and practice of
Greek rhetoric in the New Testament, George Kennedy's approach
acknowledges that New Testament writers wrote to persuade an
audience of the truth of their messages. These writers employed
rhetorical conventions that were widely known and imitated in the
society of the times. Sometimes confirming but often challenging
common interpretations of texts, this is the first systematic study
of the rhetorical composition of the New Testament.
As a complement to form criticism, historical criticism, and other
methods of biblical analysis, rhetorical criticism focuses on the
text as we have it and seeks to discover the basis of its powerful
appeal and the intent of its authors. Kennedy shows that biblical
writers employed both "external" modes of persuasion, such as
scriptural authority, the evidence of miracles, and the testimony
of witnesses, and "internal" methods, such as "ethos" (authority
and character of the speaker), "pathos" (emotional appeal to the
audience), and "logos" (deductive and inductive argument in the
text).
In the opening chapter Kennedy presents a survey of how rhetoric
was taught in the New Testament period and outlines a rigorous
method of rhetorical criticism that involves a series of steps. He
provides in succeeding chapters examples of rhetorical analysis,
looking closely at the Sermon on the Mount, the Sermon on the
Plain, Jesus' farewell to the disciples in John's Gospel, the
distinctive rhetoric of Jesus, the speeches in Acts, and the
approach of Saint Paul in Second Corinthians, Thessalonians,
Galatians, and Romans.
General
| Imprint: |
The University of North Carolina Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Studies in Religion |
| Release date: |
September 1984 |
| First published: |
September 1984 |
| Authors: |
George A. Kennedy
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
184 |
| Edition: |
New edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8078-4120-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-8078-4120-X |
| Barcode: |
9780807841204 |
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