Schellenberg, Ryan S.

Rethinking Paul's rhetorical education : comparative rhetoric and 2 Corinthians 10-13 / Ryan S. Schellenberg. - 1 online resource (422 pages) - Early Christianity and its literature ; number 10 . - Early Christianity and its literature ; no. 10. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-371) and indexes.

From unschooled tentmaker to educated rhetorician -- Second Corinthians 10-13 : a historical and literary introduction -- Forensic rhetoric, epistolary types, and rhetorical education -- Paul's (in)appropriate boasting : periautologia -- Peristasis catalogues : rhythm, amplification, Klangfiguren -- Not a fool, a fool's mask : Narrenrede and prosōpopoiia -- Synkrisis in Corinth -- Not a fool, it's (only) irony -- Toward a theory of general rhetoric -- Attending to other voices -- The acquisition of informal rhetorical knowledge -- [Hidiōtēs tō Logō] -- Conclusion : "where is the voice coming from?". Part 1: Paul's rhetorical education in recent scholarship. Part 2: Querying rhetorical criticism of 2 Corinthians 10-13. Part 3: Rhetoric as informal social practice.

9781589837805 (ebook)


Paul, the Apostle, Saint.


Bible.--Corinthians, 2nd--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Rhetoric in the Bible.


Electronic books.

BS2675.52 / .S344 2013eb

227/.306