Early Christian rhetoric and 2 Thessalonians / Frank Witt Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes Frank Witt, author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 30.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 30

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric in the Bible.

Bible. Thessalonians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, [1989]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

2 Thessalonians is one of the most enigmatic letters in the New Testament, primarily because of its repeated insistence on its authorship by Paul, coupled with its warnings against forgery of Pauline letters. Modern scholarship has made a number of advances in the study of this letter, but the question of the authorship and purpose remain quite open. Hughes gives a detailed investigation of Graeco-Roman rhetorical traditions and their relationship to letters, and develops a consensus model for the identification of the various conventional parts of rhetorical discourses. He then offers an inte

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword by George A. Kennedy; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; 2 THESSALONIANS AND HISTORICAL CRITICISM; Chapter 2; THE RHETORIC OF LETTERS; Chapter 3; A RHETORICAL INTERPRETATION OF 2 THESSALONIANS; Chapter 4; 2 THESSALONIANS AS A DEUTEROPAULINE LETTER; Chapter 5; CONCLUSIONS: THE LEGACY OF PAUL; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Other Ancient and Mediaeval Literature; Index of Modern Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 20, 2014).

ISBN:

9786613192196

9781283192194

1283192195

9780567042972

0567042979

OCLC:

745866162