Pauline Persuasion

By Kieran O'Mahony

This is a book about the use of classical rhetoric in reading Paul. It begins with a useful review of the various strategies, and, in the light of the issues that emerge, it describes a rhetorical method which is then tested on 2 Corinthians 8-9. Here, the advice of the classical rhetorical manuals for constructing a text is used-in reverse order-so as to uncover the persuasive strategy being used by Paul in this case. This technique leads to a quite new reading of the two chapters, which O'Mahony then proceeds to test against the standard work in the field by Hans Dieter Betz.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841271497
• ISBN13: 9781841271491
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.6"