The "powers" of personification : rhetorical purpose in the book of Wisdom and the letter to the Romans / Joseph R. Dodson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodson, Joseph R.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Beiheft 161.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Bd. 161

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personification in the Bible.

Bible. Romans--Language, style.

Bible.

Bible. Wisdom of Solomon--Language, style.

Bible. Romans--Relation to Wisdom of Solomon.

Bible. Wisdom of Solomon--Relation to Romans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them. Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification in relation to its nature as either a rhetorical device or a supernatural power. The "Powers" of Personification seeks to push beyond this debate by evaluating the evidence in a different light - that of its purpose within the overall use of personification in the respective work and in comparison with another piece of contemporaneous theological literature. This book proposes that the authors of Wisdom and Romans employ personification to distance God from the origin of evil, to deflect attention away from the problem of righteous suffering to the positive sides of the experience, or to defer the solution for the suffering of the righteous to the future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Theme, History of Research, Approach

Chapter 1. Definitions and Specifications for Personification

Chapter 2. The Purposes of Personification

Section II: Introduction

Chapter 3. The Personification of Death in Wisdom

Chapter 4. The Personification of Creation in Wisdom

Chapter 5. The Personification of Logos

Chapter 6. The Personification of Wrath

Chapter 7. The Personifications of Wisdom

Section II: Summary and Synthesis

Section III: Introduction

Chapter 8. The Personifications of Sin and Death

Chapter 9. The Personification of the Law

Chapter 10. The Personifications of Grace and Righteousness

Chapter 11. The Personification of Creation and the Power of the Spirit

Section III: Summary and Synthesis

Section IV: Introduction

Chapter 12. The Personifications of Evil in Wisdom and Romans

Chapter 13. The Personifications of Creation in Wisdom and Romans

Chapter 14. Common Thread

Section IV: Conclusion

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and index.

ISBN:

9786611993283

9781281993281

128199328X

9783110209778

3110209772

OCLC:

437113303