Archive for the ‘Socio-rhetorical analysis’ Category

David deSilva, Socio-Rhetorical Criticism

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

A very prolific scholar is professor David (Arthur) deSilva. Lately, I mentioned one of his recent articles here. However, there is more, much more. I will return to deSilva's contributions later. Here I will call attention to the article that deSilva published recently: deSilva, David Arthur. “What Has Athens To Do ...

Witherington, Revelation

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Witherington, Ben, III. Revelation. New Cambridge Bible commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xviii + 306.Witherington brings the socio-rhetorical approach, pioneered by Vernon K. Robbins, to Revelation. This volume opens the NCBC series which is edited by Witherington himself.It is crucial to Witherington's approach that the socio-historical situation is determined ...