Rhetorics in the New Millennium: Promise and Fulfillment (Studies in Antiquity & Christianity) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567349918 ISBN 13: 9780567349910

Publisher: T&T Clark, 2010

Synopsis

This collection of essays contains contributions from scholars who are recognized as among the best practitioners of New Testament rhetorical criticism. Three of them describe general theories of rhetoric based on both classical and contemporary models. The remainder provide new readings based on special theories of rhetoric, some not typically used in rhetorical analysis of New Testament texts. All have two audiences in mind: those who have been engaged in rhetorical criticism and those who hope to learn more about how such criticism is done. Extensive notes, appendices, and a bibliography contribute to further understanding of the enterprise.





The book is organized into three sections. The first is a collection of three essays that are primarily theoretical in nature. One is an essay by Wilhelm Wuellner that has never appeared in English.


The second is a series of analyses done by scholars not only from New Testament, but also from classics, literary criticism, and communications. Each uses a different theoretical model to analyze a text.


The third is a series of appendices that summarize for the reader information about the content of certain theoretical models of criticism.


Finally, a bibliography listing a wide variety of rhetorical critical studies and reference works is included. (An index could be added once final pagination is settled.)

About this title

About the Authors

James D. Hester, Professor of Religion, Emeritus, and Research Professor, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA. Co-Director, The Rhetorical New Testament Project, Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont, CA. Editor, Rhetorics and Hermeneutics: Wilhelm Wuellner and His Influence, New York: Continuum, 2004.

J. David Hester, independent scholar. Co-Director, The Rhetorical New Testament Project, Institute for
Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont, CA. Editor, Rhetorics and Hermeneutics: Wilhelm Wuellner and His Influence, New York: Continuum, 2004.

Edition details

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567349918
• ISBN 13: 9780567349910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Hester James D., Hester J. David