Not with wisdom of words : nonrational persuasion in the New Testament /
Gary S. Selby.
- 1 online resource (x, 187 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Rhetoric, poetics, and the ecstasy of faith -- Visions of the end (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) -- Performing despair (Romans 7:14-25) -- Rhapsody on love (1 Corinthians 13) -- United in worship (Ephesians 1:3-14) -- Reconfiguring the rhetorical encounter, part one : placing hearers "in" the context -- Reconfiguring the rhetorical encounter, part two : removing the rhetor, constituting the community -- Conclusion : a discourse for the church.
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Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible.--New Testament.