Rhetoric and Galatians: Assessing an Approach to Paul's Epistle

by Philip H. Kern

Book Overview

This monograph challenges the accepted notion that Galatians is either a sample of classical rhetoric or should be interpreted in light of Graeco-Roman rhetorical handbooks. It demonstrates that the handbooks of Aristotle, Cicero, et al. discuss a form of oratory which was limited with respect to subject, venue and style of communication, and that Galatians falls outside such boundaries. The inapplicability of ancient canons of rhetoric is reinforced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521048133
• ISBN13: 9780521048132
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"