RT Book
T1 Inventing Hebrews: design and purpose in ancient rhetoric
T2 Society for New Testament studies monograph series
A1 Martin, Michael W. 1971-
A1 Whitlark, Jason A. 1975-
A2 Whitlark, Jason A. 1975-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1028024320
AB Inventing Hebrews examines a perennial topic in the study of the Letter to the Hebrews, its structure and purpose. Michael Wade Martin and Jason A. Whitlark undertake at thorough synthesis of the ancient theory of invention and arrangement, providing a new account of Hebrews' design. The key to the speech's outline, the authors argue, is in its use of 'disjointed' arrangement, a template ubiquitous in antiquity but little discussed in modern biblical studies. This method of arrangement accounts for the long-observed pattern of alternating epideictic and deliberative units in Hebrews as blocks of narratio and argumentatiorespectively. Thus the 'letter' may be seen as a conventional speech arranged according to the expectations of ancient rhetoric (exordium, narratio, argumentatio, peroratio), with epideictic comparisons of old and new covenant representatives (narratio) repeatedly enlisted in amplification of what may be viewed as the central argument of the speech (argumentatio), the recurring deliberative summons for perseverance. Resolving a long-standing conundrum, this volume offers a hermeneutical tool necessary for interpreting Hebrews, as well as countless other speeches fro
OP 305
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jun 2018)
CN BS2775.52
SN 978-1-108-55476-3
K1 Bible : Hebrews : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bibel : Hebräerbrief
K1 Rhetorik
K1 Strukturanalyse
K1 Rede
K1 Antike
K1 Bible ; Hebrews ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
DO 10.1017/9781108554763