Academic constraints in rhetorical criticism of the New Testament : an introduction to a rhetoric of power /

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Author / Creator:	Hester, J. David.
Imprint:	Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999.
Description:	1 online resource (354 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 174 Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 174.
Subject:	Bible. -- New Testament -- Socio-rhetorical criticism. Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- New Testament. Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11262678

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ISBN:	9780567436504 0567436500 1283199572 9781283199575 1850759235 9781850759232
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-348) and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Rhetorical criticism promised to bring New Testament studies into a new era that approached the Bible as a document of persuasive discourse. Major proponents of this approach suggested that its potential lies in its democratization of biblical interpretation. To date, that promise has never been fulfilled. The reasons can be found by exploring the rhetoric of these rhetorical critics. Such an exploration uncovers systems of disciplinary constraints and discursive habits that keep rhetoric firmly within traditional units of academic biblical interpretation. The promise of rhetoric can only be f.
Other form:	Print version: Amador, J. David Hester. Academic constraints in rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1999 1850759235

Table of Contents:

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Miscellany; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: ''ARE ALL SALES FINAL, OR CAN I RETURN THIS BOOK?''; Chapter 2 ''WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND?'' OR ''WHY SHOULD I CARE?''; Chapter 3 TOWARD A DEFINITION OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; Chapter 4 THE (NEW) RHETORICAL CRITICISM(S) AND NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS; Chapter 5 MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE: THE PROMISE(S) OF A RHETORIC OF POWER; ASSORTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES; Index of References; Index of Authors.

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