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A study of God as a rhetorical actor in the narratives of the Bible, showing how a distinctive divine rhetoric influences the events of scripture.
In recent years, keen interest has arisen among scholars regarding the connection between rhetoric and religion. This phenomenon could be due to the idea of universality that underlies these two topics or simply because of the crucial relevance they hold for the human condition.
Biblical rhetorical criticism has been particularly active since 2009. The debate serves as a foundation for Eloquence Divine, which is grounded in a moderate and detached point of view that becomes helpful in seeing God as a 'mere' agent. In this fascinating study, God and Jesus are intended as rhetoricians who applied their own rhetoric tools in order to influence humanity's behaviour, acts and decisions.
As an agnostic English teacher, Philip Arrington traces paths across different episodes of the Scriptures with the aim to explore basic issues, such as identifying the difference between God's rhetoric and human persuasion, as well as the effectiveness that divine eloquence demonstrates in the narration of the Bible.
In recent years, keen interest has arisen among scholars regarding the connection between rhetoric and religion. This phenomenon could be due to the idea of universality that underlies these two topics or simply because of the crucial relevance they hold for the human condition.
Biblical rhetorical criticism has been particularly active since 2009. The debate serves as a foundation for Eloquence Divine, which is grounded in a moderate and detached point of view that becomes helpful in seeing God as a 'mere' agent. In this fascinating study, God and Jesus are intended as rhetoricians who applied their own rhetoric tools in order to influence humanity's behaviour, acts and decisions.
As an agnostic English teacher, Philip Arrington traces paths across different episodes of the Scriptures with the aim to explore basic issues, such as identifying the difference between God's rhetoric and human persuasion, as well as the effectiveness that divine eloquence demonstrates in the narration of the Bible.
Price: $36.95
Pages: 275
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
26 July 2018
Trim Size: 9.02 X 5.98 in
ISBN: 9780227176887
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Second World War, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Bibles
Arrington asks us to regard the Word of God as inalterably, unrelievedly rhetorical, and further asks, what does this tell us about rhetoric--and about God--once we undertake a project like this one? . . . Whether they agree with his conclusions or not, readers will certainly learn from this discussion and, I think, be surprised at the many good insights to be discovered here.
— Frank Farmer, author of After the Public Turn and Saying and Silence
This is an agnostic's shrewd and clever critique of Christian fundamentalism - but it is also a fascinating journey into biblical literature and the assumptions that are made about it by more critical voices within theology.
— Jasper, David, University of Glasgow
— Frank Farmer, author of After the Public Turn and Saying and Silence
This is an agnostic's shrewd and clever critique of Christian fundamentalism - but it is also a fascinating journey into biblical literature and the assumptions that are made about it by more critical voices within theology.
— Jasper, David, University of Glasgow
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Why God's Rhetoric?
2. Invenesis - Divining Acts
3. Inventing and Arguing More Covenants
4. Inventing Final Covenants?
5. The Shape of God's Rhetoric
6. Style - How God Puts His Case
7. Memory and Delivery Divine
8. Can God's Rhetoric Be Judged?
9. The Perils and Promises of Exploring God's Rhetoric
Bibliography
Introduction
1. Why God's Rhetoric?
2. Invenesis - Divining Acts
3. Inventing and Arguing More Covenants
4. Inventing Final Covenants?
5. The Shape of God's Rhetoric
6. Style - How God Puts His Case
7. Memory and Delivery Divine
8. Can God's Rhetoric Be Judged?
9. The Perils and Promises of Exploring God's Rhetoric
Bibliography