Exploring Philemon

Roy R Jeal

ISBN 10: 0884140911 / ISBN 13: 9780884140917

Published by Society of Biblical Literature, US, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring Philemon
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, US
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884140911
• ISBN 13: 9780884140917
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 390 grams

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Synopsis

A new, sociorhetorical interpretation of the Letter to Philemon

Exploring Philemon shows how this letter entered the world of the ancient Mediterranean and the early church with a dramatic and powerful rhetorical force by analyzing the range of textures interwoven with each other to produce a profound effect on an early Christian (Philemon) and on the church that met in his home. It demonstrates that many striking and subtle features work together to present a rhetorical argument that the new Christian society must be one of freedom, brotherhood, and partnership not just for the powerful, but for all.

Features:

• An analysis of the visual imagery of the letter
• Application of up-to-date rhetorical, sensory-aesthetic, and intertextual interpretive methods
• Use of Social and cultural, ideological, and theological strategies

About the Author

Roy R. Jeal is Professor of Religion at Booth University College. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the SBL Press Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Series and the Steering Committee for the SBL Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Group. His publications include Integrating Theology and Ethics in Ephesians: The Ethos of Communication (Mellen) and Colossians and Philemon: A Beginning-Intermediate Greek Reader (GlossaHouse).