Voice of Jesus in the Social Rhetoric of James

Klappentext A study of the social rhetoric of the Epistle of James. Zusammenfassung The Epistle of James is a rhetorical composition! a deliberative discourse in the guise of a letter. One of its most interesting features is its manipulation of Jesus' sayings to make an audience think and act in ways that have social consequence. This is a study of James' social rhetoric. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements and note on abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The history of research and the present investigation; 3. The inner texture of James 2:1-13; 4. The intertexture of James 2:1-13; 5. The social and cultural texture of James 2:1-13; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of ancient authors; Index of modern authors; Index of Old Testament and Apocrypha; Index of New Testament; Index of subjects.

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• Authors: Wesley Hiram Wachob
• Assisted by: John Court (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2000
• EAN: 9780521660693
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66069-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Society for New Testament Stud; Society for New Testament Stud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity