Academic Constraints in Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament: An Introduction to a Rhetoric of Power: No. 174 (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement S.) - Hardcover

Book 4 of 103: The Library of New Testament Studies

Amador, J.D.H.

 
9781850759232: Academic Constraints in Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament: An Introduction to a Rhetoric of Power: No. 174 (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement S.)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1850759235 ISBN 13: 9781850759232
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie, 1999

Synopsis

Rhetorical criticism promised to bring New Testament studies into a new era that approached the Bible as a document of persuasive discourse. Major proponents of this approach suggested that its potential lies in its democratization of biblical interpretation. To date, that promise has never been fulfilled. The reasons can be found by exploring the rhetoric of these rhetorical critics. Such an exploration uncovers systems of disciplinary constraints and discursive habits that keep rhetoric firmly within traditional units of academic biblical interpretation. The promise of rhetoric can only be fulfilled by shattering all notions of a rhetorical 'programme' of biblical interpretation.

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About the Author

J.D.H. Amador is Lecturer, Department of Humanities, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California, USA.

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Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1850759235
ISBN 13 
9781850759232
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
360