Search for dissertations about: "rhetorical criticism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words rhetorical criticism.
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1. To Each Their Own Letter : Structure, Themes, and Rhetorical Strategies in the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch
Abstract : The collection of letters by Ignatius of Antioch has until now mainly been treated as a coherent whole. This has been the case irrespective of analyses of the authenticity or theology of these letters, or of discussions about the identity of Ignatius’ opponents. READ MORE
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2. Traditions as Rhetorical Proof: Pauline Argumentation in 1 Corinthians
Abstract : Previous historical critical research has studied the pre-history of the traditions found in Paul's letters. This study investigates the rhetorical function of these confessions, acclamations and liturgical formulae in Paul's argumentation. READ MORE
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3. Baptism and Death : A Study of Mark and Romans
Abstract : Does baptism in some way associate an initiate with the death and resurrection of Christ? From the fourth century until the present, this understanding has had a central place in defining the meaning of baptism. In the NT, baptism and death are associated in two ways. READ MORE
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4. Rethinking the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy : A historiographical case study of Second Peter and Jude
Abstract : Since the beginning of modern New Testament exegesis, the Judaism-Hellenism dichotomy has been influential as a heuristic tool. However, the concept of Hellenism is ambiguous and its historiographical foundation needs rethinking, having been formed out of Hegelian idealism with a Christian bias. READ MORE
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5. Eustathios of Thessalonike: Parekbolai on Homer’s Odyssey 1–2 : Proekdosis
Abstract : This thesis provides a critical edition of the Parekbolai (“Excerpts”) on the first two rhapsodies of Homer’s Odyssey produced by Eustathios (c. 1115–95), teacher and celebrated orator in Constantinople under the reign of Manuel I Komnenos and later archbishop of Thessalonike, the second city of the Byzantine empire. READ MORE