Brian Dodd

Paul's Paradigmatic "I" (eBook, PDF)

Personal Example as Literary Strategy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This study claims that Paul uses his personal example as an explicit literary strategy in 1 Corinthians, Galatians and Philippians, and as an arguably implicit strategy in 1 Thessalonians and Philemon. He uses his own example to ground and illustrate his argumentation in a rhetorically sophisticated manner, often structuring his argument on such a basis. In places a crisp statement of his own case serves as a thesis statement of the argument that follows (e.g., Rom. 1.17; Gal. 1.10), while at other times it serves to summarize the argument and to provide a transition to the next phase (especially in 1 Corinthians and Gal. 2.15-21). All the while Paul's self-portrayals in his letters serve not autobiographical or egoistic purposes but pedagogical and argumentative aims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567631992
• Artikelnr.: 40779244

Autorenporträt

Brian Dodd is Associate Pastor of Church of the New Covenant, and Director of Share Jesus!, an outreach ministry in Winter Springs, Florida, USA.