New Testament rhetoric : an introductory guide to the art of persuasion in and of the New Testament - Witherington, Ben, 1951- (Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Language, style; Rhetoric in the Bible; Persuasion (Rhetoric)