Rhetorical Criticism and the Bible: Essays from the 1998 Florence Conference

by Stanley E. Porter (Editor), Chris Keith (Editor), Dennis Stamps (Editor)

Overview

This volume is the fifth in a series that explores the use of rhetoric in the study of biblical literature. Contributions from scholars in North America, Britain, Continental Europe and South Africa focus here on four major categories: The Theory of Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation, Rhetorical Interpretation of Luke's Gospel and Acts, The Rhetorical Interpretation of Paul's Writings, and Rhetorical Interpretation of Hebrews and Ignatius. Author include Tom Olbricht, Douglas Campbell, Arthur Gibson, Craig Evans, Vernon Robbins, Greg Bloomquist, Pieter Botha, Paul Danove, Gerrie Snyman, Anders Eriksson, K. K. Yeo, Lauri Thuren, G. A. van den Heever, Marc Debanne, J. N Vorster, and the editors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841270937
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/2002
Series:	The Library of New Testament Studies , #195
Pages:	578
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Stanley E. Porter is President, Dean and Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Canada.

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.

Dennis Stamps is Director of the West Midlands Ministerial Training Course, Queen's College, Birmingham.