Questions And Rhetoric In The Greek New Testament

Author : Douglas Estes
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310525080

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Questions and Rhetoric in the Greek New Testament by Douglas Estes Pdf

While there are almost 1000 questions in the Greek New Testament, many commentators, pastors, and students skip over the questions for more ‘theological’ verses or worse they convert questions into statements to mine them for what they are saying theologically. However, this is not the way questions in the Greek New Testament work, and it overlooks the rhetorical importance of questions and how they were used in the ancient world. Questions and Rhetoric in the Greek New Testament is a helpful and thorough examination of questions in the Greek New Testament, seen from the standpoint of grammatical, semantic, and linguistic analysis, with special emphasis on their rhetorical effects. It includes charts, tools, and lists that explain and categorize the almost 1000 questions in the Greek New Testament. Thus, the user is able to go to the section in the book dealing with the type of question they are studying and find the exegetical parameters needed to understand that question. Questions and Rhetoric in the Greek New Testament offers vibrant examples of all the major categories of questions to aid the reader in grasping how questions work in the Greek New Testament. Special emphasis is given to the way questions persuade and influence readers of the Greek New Testament.

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Thomas H. Olbricht
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567582737

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Rhetoric and the New Testament by Stanley E. Porter,Thomas H. Olbricht Pdf

What role did classical rhetoric play in the writing of the New Testament? What role does classical and modern rhetoric play in interpreting the New Testament today? What role should classical and modern rhetoric play in New Testament interpretation? These and related questions are asked in this collection of over twenty essays originally delivered as papers at the 1992 Heidelberg Conference on Rhetorical Criticism of Biblical Documents. This conference, the first of several scheduled to address fundamental rhetorical issues of increasing importance in New Testament study, drew scholars from three continents and over fourteen countries, making it a truly international scholarly event and this a truly cosmopolitan publication. The authors' varying contexts resulted in a lively and challenging discussion well reflected in this volume's essays. The first part discusses rhetoric in the light of extended interpretation of a variety of New Testament texts. Luke and Acts, most of Paul's letters, and other New Testament documents are scrutinized using various rhetorical categories. In the second part, questions of rhetoric and methodology are raised. New approaches are tested in a number of essays that push the boundaries of traditional rhetorical study. These essays provide an excellent sampling of some of the major work being done in rhetorical study of the New Testament and suggest several avenues for future research.

Author : Douglas Charles Estes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004240292

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The Questions of Jesus in John by Douglas Charles Estes Pdf

Why do the New Testament gospels depict a Jesus who asks questions almost as often as he gives answers? In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a highly interdisciplinary theory of question-asking based on insights from ancient rhetoric and modern erotetics (the study of interrogatives) in order to investigate the logical and rhetorical purposes of Jesus' questions in the Gospel of John. While scholarly discussion about Jesus cares more for what he says, and not what he asks, Estes argues a better understanding of the rhetorical and dialectical roles of questions in ancient narratives sheds a more accurate light on both John’s narrative art and Jesus' message in the Fourth Gospel.

Author : Mikeal Carl Parsons,Michael W. Martin (Professor of New Testament)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1481306413

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Ancient Rhetoric and the New Testament by Mikeal Carl Parsons,Michael W. Martin (Professor of New Testament) Pdf

For the ancient Greeks and Romans, eloquence was essential to public life and identity, perpetuating class status and power. The three-tiered study of rhetoric was thus designed to produce sons worthy of and equipped for public service. Rhetorical competency enabled the elite to occupy their proper place in society. The oracular and literary techniques represented in Greco-Roman education proved to be equally central to the formation of the New Testament. Detailed comparisons of the sophisticated rhetorical conventions, as cataloged in the ancient rhetorical handbooks (e.g., Quintilian), reveal to what degree and frequency the New Testament was shaped by ancient rhetoric's invention, argument, and style. But Ancient Rhetoric and the New Testament breaks new ground. Instead of focusing on more advanced rhetorical lessons that elite students received in their school rooms, Michael Martin and Mikeal Parsons examine the influence of the progymnasmata--the preliminary compositional exercises that bridge the gap between grammar and rhetoric proper--and their influence on the New Testament. Martin and Parsons use Theon's (50-100 CE) compendium as a baseline to measure the way primary exercises shed light on the form and style of the New Testament's composition. Each chapter examines a specific rhetorical exercise and its unique hortatory or instructional function, and offers examples from ancient literature before exploring the use of these techniques in the New Testament. --

Author : Burton L. Mack
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015017927776

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Rhetoric and the New Testament by Burton L. Mack Pdf

Author : Timothy A. Brookins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532698972

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Ancient Rhetoric and the Style of Paul’s Letters by Timothy A. Brookins Pdf

Previous scholarship that has examined Paul's letters in light of Greco-Roman rhetoric has focused predominantly on their argumentative strategies (inventio) and overall arrangement (dispositio). In this book Brookins turns attention to the heretofore underexplored area of style (elocutio). With complete coverage of ten of the thirteen letters in the Pauline corpus, the book evaluates these letters according to the standards of the major stylistic virtues taught in rhetorical theory: correctness, clarity, and ornament. Treating ornament most extensively, the book includes a full inventory of tropes, figures of speech, and figures of thought contained in these letters. This work results in a synopsis of stylistic tendencies that not only illustrates differences in letter type within the Pauline corpus but also enables a fresh means of comparing style in the disputed and undisputed letters. This analysis also furnishes new evidence for consideration in the debate about the extent of Paul's rhetorical education. Finally, it helps illuminate the process of exegesis and thus the meaning of the text itself.

Author : Katharine Barnwell
Publisher : SIL International
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781556714702

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Bible Translation: An Introductory Course in Translation Principles, Fourth Edition by Katharine Barnwell Pdf

Bible Translation: An Introductory Course in Translation Principles continues to provide crucial, practical training for those preparing to translate the Bible or contribute to Bible translation in other ways. The fourth edition of this classic textbook is a leading voice in addressing the following developments in the Bible translation world: • The priority of oral communication and its value in draft ing, testing, and polishing draft translations. • The availability of soft ware and online resources specifi cally designed for Bible translation; exercises and assignments include practice in the use of these resources. • The increase in Old Testament translation projects worldwide; more examples and exercises from the Old Testament are included. • The value of partnership and teamwork in translation projects, recognizing the diff erent gift s, skills, and roles of those involved, helping each team member to serve eff ectively as a member of a team. • The involvement of local churches and community in the translation process; planning for local responsibility, ownership and sustainability as fully as possible in each translation project. • The importance of ongoing training for translators, including training translators to train others and preparing capable translators to serve as translation consultants in due time. The materials are designed for the classroom but are also suitable for self-study, for example, by those who are already qualifi ed in biblical languages and exegetical skills and are training as translation consultants. A companion Teacher’s Manual is also available. Documents, references, and links to videos and other published works can be found online at: publications.sil.org/bibletranslation_additionalmaterials. Bible Translation: An Introductory Course in Translation Principles has previously been translated in whole or in part into French, Hindi, Indonesian, Kannada, Malagasy, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, and Telugu. For information on translation or republishing, contact: sil.org/resources/publications/about/contact.

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567710048

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Linguistic Descriptions of the Greek New Testament by Stanley E. Porter Pdf

Stanley E. Porter provides descriptions of various important topics in Greek linguistics from a Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) perspective; an approach that has been foundational to Porter's long and influential career in the field of New Testament Greek. Deep insights into Porter's understanding of SFL are displayed throughout, based either upon how he positions SFL in relation to other linguistic models, or how he utilizes it to describe topics within Greek and New Testament studies. Porter reflects on his core approach to the Greek New Testament by exploring subjects such as metaphor, rhetoric, cognition, orality and textuality, as well as studies on linguistic schools of thought and traditional grammar.

Author : Jim W. Adams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567695581

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The Performative Dimensions of Rhetorical Questions in the Hebrew Bible by Jim W. Adams Pdf

This book sets out to describe the multi-dimensional nature and function of rhetorical questions in the Old Testament. Biblical scholars have previously analyzed the use of rhetorical questions in both Testaments, but consistently describe their function in persuasive terms. While this understanding is appropriate in a number of instances, many rhetorical questions do not operate this way, and Jim W. Adams focuses in particular on rhetoric expressing the self-involvement of both the speaker and hearer. Among linguistic philosophers, speech act theory has illuminated the fact that uttering a sentence does not merely convey information; it may also involve the performing of an action. The concept of communicative action provides additional tools to the exegetical process as it points the interpreter beyond the assumption that the use of language is merely for descriptive purposes. Language can also have performative and self-involving dimensions. In relation to speech act theory, linguistic specialists continue to research the nature of rhetorical questions.

Author : Alison Lo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047402701

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Job 28 as Rhetoric by Alison Lo Pdf

This volume argues that Job 28, as Job's words in its present position, has a special rhetorical function within the whole book, and more specifically within the context of chapters 22-31

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004680043

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The Power of Parables by Anonim Pdf

The Power of Parables documents the surprising ways in which Jewish and Christian parables bridge religion with daily life. This 2019 conference volume rediscovers the original power of parables to shock and affect their audience, which has since been reduced by centuries of preaching and repetition. Not only do parables enhance the perspective on Scripture or the kingdom of heaven, they also change the sensory regime of the audience in perceiving the outer world. The theological differences in their applications appear secondary in view of their powerful rhetoric and suggest a shared genre.

Author : Stanley E. Porter,D.A. Carson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781474236164

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Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics by Stanley E. Porter,D.A. Carson Pdf

This collection of essays brings together into one volume papers from the Society of Biblical Literature meetings in 1990 and 1991. This volume divides itself neatly into two sections. Part I, Verbal Aspect, includes two major presentations and responses on the topic of Greek verbal aspect. The subject is an important one, and one that promises not to go away in the next several years. If the proponents of the theory are correct, the semantic category of verbal aspect will prove vital to future analysis and exegesis of Greek, including that of the New Testament. Part II includes four substantial papers on various topics in Greek grammar and linguistics, including work on discourse analysis, construction grammar, the phrase as a constituent in Greek grammatical description and the possible Semitic origins of the finite verb with cognate participle. These interesting and varied essays are designed both to illustrate the current state of discussion of New Testament Greek grammar and to provide impetus for future research and publication.

Author : Robert L. Plummer
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825434983

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40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible by Robert L. Plummer Pdf

The second in the series organized around common FAQs, 40Questions about Interpreting the Bible tackles the major questions thatstudents, pastors and professors ask about the hermeneutics of reading thebible (i.e. understanding the bible).

Author : David Alan Black,Benjamin L. Merkle
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493426928

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Linguistics and New Testament Greek by David Alan Black,Benjamin L. Merkle Pdf

This work offers students the most current discussion of the major issues in Greek and linguistics by leading authorities in the field. Featuring an all-star lineup of New Testament Greek scholars--including Stanley Porter, Constantine Campbell, Stephen Levinsohn, Jonathan Pennington, and Robert Plummer--it examines the latest advancements in New Testament Greek linguistics, making it an ideal intermediate supplemental Greek textbook. Chapters cover key topics such as verbal aspect, the perfect tense, deponency and the middle voice, discourse analysis, word order, and pronunciation.

Author : Douglas Estes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004205109

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The Questions of Jesus in John by Douglas Estes Pdf

In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a theory of question-asking based on insights from ancient rhetoric and modern linguistics in order to investigate the logical and rhetorical purposes of Jesus' questions in the Fourth Gospel.