Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament / Carl Joachim Classen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Classen, Carl Joachim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560.

Melanchthon, Philip.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Language, style.

Rhetoric in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill Academic Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

Please note that this title is only available to customers in the USA, Canada and Mexico. NO salesrights for Rest of World. In view of the current debate on the application of Greek and Roman rhetoric to biblical texts, C. Joachim Classen aims at determining both the opportunities and the limits of such forms of criticism, stressing the importance of supplementing the ancient categories with modern categories. He emphasizes the difference between letters such as Paul's epistles and other kinds of texts, for example the gospels, and the need to select the aspects and criteria of rhetorical criticism accordingly and tries to illustrate how such criticism may be practiced. In addition, he answers the question to what extent Paul was familiar with Greek rhetoric by an examination of his vocabulary. Classen analyzes at length Melanchthon's early lectures, his handbooks, and his commentaries to show some of the roots of this type of criticism, the manner in which its greatest exponent developed it, and the qualities ideally required for its successful application.

Contents:

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Table of Contents

I. Paul's Epistles and Ancient Greek and Roman Rhetoric

II. Paul and the Terminology of Ancient Greek Rhetoric

III. A Rhetorical Reading of the Epistle to Titus

IV. Rhetorical Observations on the Introductory Sections of the Four Gospels

Mark

Matthew

Luke

John

V. Melanchthon's Rhetorical Interpretation of Biblical and Non-Biblical Texts

Introduction

Melanchthon's Early Handbooks

Exegesis before Melanchthon

Melanchthon's Early Commentaries on Paul's Letters

Melanchthon's Commentaries on other Texts from the Bible

Melanchthon's Commentaries on Pagan Authors

Summary

Indices

Subject Index

Greek Words

Latin Words

Index of Proper Names

Passages from the Bible

List of the Original Publications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Classen, Carl Joachim Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament

ISBN:

9789004497313

OCLC:

1288214040

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004497313 DOI