Early Christian Rhetoric: The Language of the Gospel

by Amos N Wilder

Overview

Description: An illuminating New Testament study depicts the power and beauty of language that speaks with the words of God and man. Words call man to battle or summon him to prayer. More and more, today man is analyzing his language and asking: What is the purpose of language? What do the words we speak mean? What is their religious significance? Dr. Wilder's extraordinary work attempts to answer these questions and, in particular, to study the qualities of the language that ushered in a new religion, the early Christian faith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625646361
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	05/06/2014
Series:	Amos Wilder Library
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Amos N. Wilder (1895-1993), New Testament scholar, poet, literary critic, and clergyman, received all earned degrees from Yale. His teaching career included posts at Andover Newton Theological School, Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago, and Harvard Divinity School. Special honors included the Golden Rose of the New England Poetry Club (1943) and the Bross Prize (1952). Wilder also received the Croix de guerre for service in World War I. He was the brother of playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction xi

I The New Utterance 1

II Modes and Genres 18

III The Dialogue 40

IV The Story 55

V The Parable 71

VI The Poem 89

VII Image, Symbol, Myth 118

Index of Names 131

Index of References 133

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A man of letters in the best sense of the term, Amos Wilder was an important scholar of the New Testament, a foundational figure in the study of the Bible through the techniques of literary criticism, a poet, and a sensitive critic of Modernist literature. All of his books are valuable for anyone interested in the intellectual history of the twentieth century, and in their own right for their thoughtful analysis of significant religious and literary issues."
—Christopher J. Wheatley, The Catholic University of America

Editorial Reviews

"A man of letters in the best sense of the term, Amos Wilder was an important scholar of the New Testament, a foundational figure in the study of the Bible through the techniques of literary criticism, a poet, and a sensitive critic of Modernist literature. All of his books are valuable for anyone interested in the intellectual history of the twentieth century, and in their own right for their thoughtful analysis of significant religious and literary issues."
—Christopher J. Wheatley, The Catholic University of America

From the Publisher

An illuminating literary appreciation of the New Testament.

Westminster Bookman

Likely to be a standard work on the subject for a long time to come.

British Weekly

[To his examination of the New Testament] Amos Wilder brings a rare capacity for analysis and summary, wide-ranging scholarship and profound understanding of literature.

Anglican Theological Review

[Amos N. Wilder] has written a subtle, profound, and tantalizing book… [H]is theses…are well worth consideration and discussion.

Interpretation