The 'Powers' of Personification: Rhetorical Purpose in the 'Book of Wisdom' and the Letter to the Romans

by Joseph R. Dodson

While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them. Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110209764
• ISBN13: 9783110209761
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary