Witherington, Ben,  1951- <br/><br/>
New Testament rhetoric :  an introductory guide to the art of persuasion in and of the New Testament / 
Ben Witherington III. 
 - Eugene, OR :  Cascade Books,  c2009. 
 - x, 274 p. ;  pbk ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index. 
<br/><br/>What is rhetoric? -- The oral cultures of the Biblical world -- Defining and refining the craft of persuasion: Mark and Luke -- Early Christian homilies: the rhetorical speech summaries in Acts -- Paul the rhetor and writer -- The elementary rhetoric of the pastorals -- The rhetoric of the general epistles -- The difference rhetoric makes to NT interpretation -- Postscript: the rhetoric of preaching, the preaching of rhetoric. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781556359293 1556359292 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009280274 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--N.T--Language, style
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rhetoric in the Bible.<br/>Persuasion (Rhetoric)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>225.6/6