A Discourse Analysis of Philippians - Method and Rhetoric in the Debate over Literary Integrity

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Reed is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advanced Theological Research at the University of Surrey Roehampton, London. Zusammenfassung This large-scale work is the application of modern theories of discourse analysis to questions of Greek grammar, especially with respect to the debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 1 introduces the linguistic theory of discourse analysis, defining key terms, sketching its historical evolution and outlining its major tenets. Chapter 2 sets forth a model of discourse analysis primarily based on the systemic functional theories of M.A.K. Halliday. Chapter 3 outlines the historical-critical debate over the literary integrity of Philippians. Chapter 4 inspects the genre of Philippians, challenging rhetorical approaches to the text and proposing instead an epistolary classification, viz. 'personal, hortatory letter'. Chapter 5 focuses on the discourse structure of the letter, investigating its use of ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of Hellenistic Greek. In chapter 6, relevant issues of biblical hermeneutics are addressed.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jeffrey Reed, Jeffrey T. Reed
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.02.1997
• EAN: 9781850756385
• ISBN: 978-1-85075-638-5
• Seiten: 525
• Serien: Journal for the Study of the N; Journal for the Study of the N; The Library of New Testament Studies
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Praktische Theologie