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Rhetorical Analysis : an Introduction to Biblical Rhetoric

The analysis of biblical rhetoric has been developed only in the last 250 years. The first half of this book outlines the history of the method known as rhetorical analysis in biblical studies, illustrated by numerous texts. The work of Lowth (who focused on 'parallelism'), Bengel (who drew attention to 'chiasmus'), Jebb and Boys (the method's real founders at the turn of the ninteenth century) and Lund (the chief exponent in the mid-twentieth century) are all discussed, as is the current full blooming of rhetorical analysis. The second half of the book is a systematic account of the method, t
eBook, English, 1998
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1998
1 online resource (392 pages).
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Preface to the English edition
Preface
Abbreviations
Prologue
Introduction
PART I: The Founding Texts of Rhetorical Analysis
Chapter 1 THE FORERUNNERS (EIGHTEENTH CENTURY)
Chapter 2 THE FOUNDERS (NINETEENTH CENTURY)
Chapter 3 REDISCOVERY AND EXPANSION (TWENTIETH CENTURY)
PART II: Exposition of Rhetorical Analysis
Chapter 4 PRESUPPOSITIONS OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
Chapter 5 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS
Chapter 6 THE FIGURES OF COMPOSITION
Chapter 7 THE SITUATION OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD OF EXEGESIS. Chapter 8 THE FRUITS OF RHETORICAL ANALYSIS FOR BIBLICAL EXEGESIS
CONCLUSION
Ugaritic text
Akkadian texts
Islamic text
Bibliography
Glossary of Technical Terms
Index of Biblical References
Index of Authors
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