Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-371) and indexes.

Part 1: Paul's rhetorical education in recent scholarship. From unschooled tentmaker to educated rhetorician -- Second Corinthians 10-13 : a historical and literary introduction -- Part 2: Querying rhetorical criticism of 2 Corinthians 10-13. Forensic rhetoric, epistolary types, and rhetorical education -- Paul's (in)appropriate boasting : periautologia -- Peristasis catalogues : rhythm, amplification, Klangfiguren -- Not a fool, a fool's mask : Narrenrede and prosōpopoiia -- Synkrisis in Corinth -- Not a fool, it's (only) irony -- Part 3: Rhetoric as informal social practice. Toward a theory of general rhetoric -- Attending to other voices -- The acquisition of informal rhetorical knowledge -- [Hidiōtēs tō Logō] -- Conclusion : "where is the voice coming from?"

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