"When It Was Clear That We Could Not Persuade Him, We Gave Up and Said, 'The Lord's Will Be Done'" (Acts 21:14): Good Reasons to Stop Making Unproven Claims for Rhetorical Criticism
This article responds to Ben Witherington's recently published paper (JETS 58 [2015] 63–88) arguing for the importance of ancient rhetoric as a means of interpreting the New Testament, especially the letters of Paul. I instead argue that rhetoric was not in the air, that Paul was not an ancient...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Eisenbrauns
2016
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Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 533-545 |
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| Summary: | This article responds to Ben Witherington's recently published paper (JETS 58 [2015] 63–88) arguing for the importance of ancient rhetoric as a means of interpreting the New Testament, especially the letters of Paul. I instead argue that rhetoric was not in the air, that Paul was not an ancient rhetorician but a writer of letters, and that his letters must be interpreted in this light. |
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| ISSN: | 2576-0998 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/26371528 |