'Worthy of His Kingdom': Honor Discourse and Social Engineering in 1 Thessalonians

An ancient proponent of a minority culture met the challenge of sustaining commit ment to the group through a number of distinct uses of honor discourse. The first half of this article establishes a method for analyzing the rhetorical impact of honor discourse in a text from the Graeco-Roman period...

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Main Author: DeSilva, David A. 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1997
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1997, Volume: 19, Issue: 64, Pages: 49-79
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