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The rhetoric of Romans.

The purpose of Romans is addressed here by applying insights from the ''new rhetoric''. Elliott holds that Romans is a paraenetic letter, written to secure the ''obedience of faith'' among Gentile Christians. It is within the constraints of that ''rh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elliott, Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: JSOT, 1990.
Colección:Library of New Testament studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The purpose of Romans is addressed here by applying insights from the ''new rhetoric''. Elliott holds that Romans is a paraenetic letter, written to secure the ''obedience of faith'' among Gentile Christians. It is within the constraints of that ''rhetorical situation'' that the letter''s theological argument must be understood. Insights of the new rhetoric are applied to the vexing problem of how to integrate Paul''s remarks on Torah and his dialogue with a Jewish interlocutor in chs. 1-4 with the letter''s Gentile-Christian audience. Careful attention to rhetorical movement shows that Paul a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (332 pages).
ISBN:0567070379
9780567070371