What's in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament

ISBN-13: 9781602581968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 203 str.

III Ben Witherington

Opis

Written in clear, and at times colorful, prose, Ben Witheringtonas "Whatas in the Word" explains how the recognition of the oral and socio-rhetorical character of the New Testament and its environment necessitates a change in how the New Testament literature is read. Expanding on the work in which he has been fruitfully engaged for over a quarter century, Witherington challenges the previously assured results of historical criticism and demonstrates chapter by chapter how the socio-rhetorical study shifts the paradigm.

Taken together, the chapters in "Whatas in the Word" coalesce around three of Witheringtonas ongoing academic concerns: orality and rhetoric; New Testament history, including issues of authenticity and canonicity; and the exegesis of given words in their canonical and socio-cultural contexts. Always unpredictable, this book never fails to pique interest and proffer instruction.