Litotes in Paul: Not an Insignificant Trope

It is sometimes claimed that litotes, the rhetorical trope in which the negation of the contrary is asserted, is largely limited in the New Testament to the Acts of the Apostles, and Paul does not commonly use it. But in fact Paul does use it and with greater sophistication and complexity than Luke....

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Main Author: Croy, N. Clayton 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2024, Volume: 66, Issue: 4, Pages: 462-481
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Litotes / Rhetoric / Pauline letters / Paul Apostle
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
RD Hymnology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B understatement
B Rhetoric
B Romans 1:16
B Paul
B litotes
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