Rhetorical Criticism and the Bible Book

	Editors' Preface	9
	Abbreviations	11
	List of Contributors	15
	Introduction: Rhetorical Criticism and the Florence Conference	17
	Greek Rhetoric and the Allegorical Rhetoric of Philo and Clement of Alexandria	24
	The Rhetorical Full-Turn in Biblical Interpretation: Reconfiguring Rhetorical-Political Analysis	48
	A Possible Direction for Providing Programmatic Correlation of Textures in Socio-Rhetorical Analysis	61
	Relations between Rhetoric and Philosophical Logic	97
	Why We Need Socio-Rhetorical Commentary and What It Might Look Like	129
	Identification and the Discourse of Fundamentalism: Reflections on a Reading of the Book of Esther	160
	Politeness Strategies in the So-Called 'Enemy Psalms': An Inquiry into Israelite Prayer Rhetoric	209
	The Rhetoricity of the 'Body' in the Song of Songs	237
	Jesus' Rhetoric of Criticism: The Parables Against His Friends and Critics	256
	A Rhetorical Analysis of Mark's Construction of Discipleship	280
	'From the Pragmatics of Textures to a Christian Utopia': The Case of the Gospel of John	297
	Contrary Arguments in Paul's Letters	336
	Towards a New, Rhetorically Assisted Reading of Romans 3.27-4.25	355
	The Rhetorical Scribe: Textual Variants in Romans and their Possible Rhetorical Purpose	403
	Romans 7 Derhetorized	420
	The Christological Premise in Pauline Theological Rhetoric: 1 Corinthians 1.4-2.5 as an Example	441
	Rhetoric and Metaphor, and the Metaphysical in the Letter to the Ephesians	458
	An Enthymematic Reading of Philippians: Towards a Typology of Pauline Arguments	481
	A Fantasy Theme Analysis of 1 Thessalonians	504
	The Rhetoric of Election and Calling Language in 1 Thessalonians	526
	Index of References	548
	Index of Authors	565