Pauline Persuasion: A Sounding in 2 Corinthians 8-9
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Overview
This is a book about the use of classical rhetoric in reading Paul. It begins with a useful review of the various strategies. In the light of the issues that emerge, it describes a rhetorical method which is then tested on 2 Corinthians 8–9. Here, the advice of the classical rhetorical manuals for constructing a text is used-in reverse order-so as to uncover the persuasive strategy being used by Paul in this case. This technique leads to a quite new reading of the two chapters, which O'Mahony then proceeds to test against the standard work in the field by Hans Dieter Betz.
- Title: Pauline Persuasion: A Sounding in 2 Corinthians 8–9
- Author: Kieran J. O'Mahony
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
- Publication Date: 2000
- Pages: 208
- Volume 199 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series