Revision as of 2016 January
by MJ. Smith
Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism
Key Passages
Reading List
Logos resources
- Dennis L. Stamps, “Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament: Ancient and Modern Evaluations of Argumentation” | Approaches to New Testament Study edited by Stanley E. Porter and David Tombs
- Argument and Theology in 1 Peter: The Origins of Christian Paraenesis | Lauri Thurén (the specialized but related field of argumentation)
- Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature | Edited by David J. A. Clines, David M. Gunn and Alan J. Hauser
- Rhetorical Criticism | Biblical Hermeneutics: A Comprehensive Introduction to Interpreting Scripture (2nd Ed.)
- Rhetorical Criticism | Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach
- Methods vs. approaches | Catholic Principles for Interpreting Scripture: A Study of the Pontifical Commission’s The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church
- Rhetorical Criticism | Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible
- Rhetorical Criticism | Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation
- Rhetoric as an Important Concept in the Hellenistic Context | Hearing the Old Testament in the New Testament
- Rhetorical Criticism | Handbook for Biblical Interpretation: An Essential Guide to Methods, Terms, and Concepts
- Rhetoric as an Important Concept in the Hellenistic Context | A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis
- Excursus on Rhetorical Criticism | The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
- Rhetorical Criticism | Handbook to Exegesis of the New Testament
- 4.3.1. Rhetorical Criticism | Hermeneutics as a Theory of Understanding
- Melanchthon and the Origins of Rhetorical Criticism | A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 2: The Medieval through the Reformation Periods
- Kerygmatic Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, and the Interpretation of Paul | Horizons in Hermeneutics: A Festschrift in Honor of Anthony C. Thiselton
- House of God or House of David: The Rhetoric of 2 Samuel 7 | by Lyle Eslinger
- Specific Rhetorical Elements in Hebrews | Interpreting the Epistle to the Hebrews
- Rhetorical Criticism | Interpreting the New Testament: Essays on Methods and Issues
- Rhetorical Criticism | Interpreting the Pauline Epistles
- Rhetorical Criticism | Interpreting the Pauline Epistles
- Exegetical Skill: Rhetorical Criticism (1)—Judicial Topics | An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation
- Exegetical Skill: Rhetorical Criticism (2)—Appeals to “Ethos” | An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation
- Exegetical Skill: Rhetorical Criticism (3)—The Analysis of Topics | An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation
- Exegetical Skill: Rhetorical Criticism (4)—The Functions of Parts of an Oration | An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation
Exegetical Skill: Rhetorical Criticism (5)—Appeals to the Emotions | An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation
Bibliography outside Logos
- Kennedy, G. A. New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1984.
- Mack, B. L. Rhetoric and the New Testament, Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.