A Discourse Analysis of Philippians: Method and Rhetoric in the Debate over Literary Integrity (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Reed, Jeffrey

ISBN 10: 1850756384 / ISBN 13: 9781850756385

Published by Sheffield Academic Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Discourse Analysis of Philippians: Method and Rhetoric in the Debate over Literary Integrity (The Library of New Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850756384
• ISBN 13: 9781850756385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This large-scale work is the application of modern theories of discourse analysis to questions of Greek grammar, especially with respect to the debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 1 introduces the linguistic theory of discourse analysis, defining key terms, sketching its historical evolution and outlining its major tenets. Chapter 2 sets forth a model of discourse analysis primarily based on the systemic functional theories of M.A.K. Halliday. Chapter 3 outlines the historical-critical debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 4 inspects the genre of Philippians, challenging rhetorical approaches to the text and proposing instead an epistolary classification, viz. 'personal, hortatory letter'. Chapter 5 focuses on the discourse structure of the letter, investigating its use of ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of Hellenistic Greek. In chapter 6, relevant issues of biblical hermeneutics are addressed.

About the Authors

Jeffrey Reed is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advanced Theological Research at the University of Surrey Roehampton, London.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.