Pauls paradigmatic "I" : personal example as literary strategy / Brian Dodd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodd, Brian J., 1960-

Series:

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 177.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 177

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible as literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study claims that Paul uses his personal example as an explicit literary strategy in 1 Corinthians, Galatians and Philippians, and as an arguably implicit strategy in 1 Thessalonians and Philemon. He uses his own example to ground and illustrate his argumentation in a rhetorically sophisticated manner, often structuring his argument on such a basis. In places a crisp statement of his own case serves as a thesis statement of the argument that follows (e.g., Rom. 1.17; Gal. 1.10), while at other times it serves to summarize the argument and to provide a transition to the next phase (especia

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2; 1 CORINTHIANS 1-4: 'THAT YOU MAY LEARN FROM OUR EXAMPLE'; Chapter 3; PAUL, SPIRITUAL PARENT AND PARADIGM IN CHRIST:1 CORINTHIANS 4.14-15.58; Chapter 4; GALATIANS: PERSONAL EXAMPLE, CONTRASTIVE MODELS; Chapter 5; PHILIPPIANS: POLEMICAL AND PARADIGMATIC SELF-PORTRAYAL; Chapter 6; IMPLICIT USES OF PERSONAL EXAMPLE: PHILEMON AND 1 THESSALONIANS 2.1-12; Chapter 7; A CASE IN POINT: ROMANS 7.7-25; Chapter 8; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613271211

9781283271219

1283271214

9780567631992

0567631990

OCLC:

748242277