The tapestry of early Christian discourse : rhetoric, society and ideology / Vernon K. Robbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robbins, Vernon K. (Vernon Kay), 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

Bible.

Bible. N.T. Corinthians, 1st, IX--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this original study, Vernon Robbins expounds and develops his system of socio-rhetorical criticism, bringing together social-scientific and literary-critical approaches to explore early Christianity.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Preface; THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIO-RHETORICAL CRITICISM; The relation of Christianity to culture; The relation of texts to society, culture and history; The relation of New Testament interpretation to theology; The relation of disciplinary methods to an interpretive analytics; Conclusion; REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES WITH SOCIO-RHETORICAL CRITICISM; The interpreter's location and ideology; Inner texture; Intertexture; Social and cultural texture; Ideological texture; Conclusion; INNER TEXTURE: EVERY READING HAS A SUBTEXT

Repetitive-progressive textureOpening-middle-closing texture; Narrational texture; Argumentative texture; Sensory-aesthetic texture; Inner texture in 1 Corinthians 9; Conclusion; INTERTEXTURE: EVERY COMPARISON HAS BOUNDARIES; Oral-scribal intertexture; Cultural intertexure; Social intertexture; Historical intertexture; Intertexture in 1 Corinthians 9; Conclusion; SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TEXTURE: EVERY MEANING HAS A CONTEXT; Specific social topics in religious literature; Common social and cultural topics; Final cultural categories; Summary; Social and cultural texture in 1 Corinthians 9

ConclusionIDEOLOGICAL TEXTURE: EVERY THEOLOGY HAS A POLITICS; Ideology in texts; Ideology in authoritative traditions of interpretation; Ideology in intellectual discourse; Ideology in individuals and groups; Ideological texture in 1 Corinthians 9; Conclusion; THE PROMISE OF SOCIO-RHETORICAL CRITICISM; Multiple textures in texts; Rewriting the historiography of first-century Christianity; Socio-rhetorical criticism and other fields of study; Bibliography; Index of scriptures and ancient texts; Index of modern authors; Index of subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-82666-4

1-280-10914-9

0-203-43812-4

1-134-82667-2

0-203-28366-X

9780203438121

OCLC:

52305150