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Ancient Rhetoric and the New Testament - The Influence of Elementary Greek Composition (Hardcover)
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Ancient Rhetoric and the New Testament - The Influence of Elementary Greek Composition (Hardcover)
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For the ancient Greeks and Romans, eloquence was essential to
public life and identity, perpetuating class status and power. The
three-tiered study of rhetoric was thus designed to produce sons
worthy of and equipped for public service. Rhetorical competency
enabled the elite to occupy their proper place in society. The
oracular and literary techniques represented in Greco-Roman
education proved to be equally central to the formation of the New
Testament. Detailed comparisons of the sophisticated rhetorical
conventions, as cataloged in the ancient rhetorical handbooks
(e.g., Quintilian), reveal to what degree and frequency the New
Testament was shaped by ancient rhetoric's invention, argument, and
style. But Ancient Rhetoric and the New Testament breaks new
ground. Instead of focusing on more advanced rhetorical lessons
that elite students received in their school rooms, Michael Martin
and Mikeal Parsons examine the influence of the progymnasmataathe
preliminary compositional exercises that bridge the gap between
grammar and rhetoric properaand their influence on the New
Testament. Martin and Parsons use Theon's (50a100 CE) compendium as
a baseline to measure the way primary exercises shed light on the
form and style of the New Testament's composition. Each chapter
examines a specific rhetorical exercise and its unique hortatory or
instructional function, and offers examples from ancient literature
before exploring the use of these techniques in the New Testament.
By studying the rhetoric of beginners rather than experts, Martin
and Parsons demonstrate that the New Testament was not simply the
product of an elite scholastic culture. "Rhetoric was in the air,"
acting as a stock feature of the public discourse from which the
New Testament arose. Martin and Parsons demonstrate that attention
to the intimate relationship between medium (the how) and message
(the what) is not new. The New Testament used common strategies to
communicate its uncommon Gospel.
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