What's in the Word : rethinking the socio-rhetorical character of the New Testament - Witherington, Ben., III, 1951- (Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2009)
Invitation to the dance -- Oral examination : how did oral texts function in a rhetorical culture? -- Canonical pseudepigrapha : is it an oxymoron? -- Rethinking and redescribing scribal culture -- The question of sermons and homilies in the New Testament -- Romans 7:7-25 : retelling Adam's tale -- What's in a name? : rethinking the historical figure of the beloved disciple in the Fourth Gospel -- What's in a word? part one : eidolothuton -- What's in a word? part two : porneia -- What's in a phrase? : no male and female (Galatians 3.28) -- Christianity in the making : oral mystery or eyewitness history? -- The rise of canon consciousness and the formation of the New Testament -- Signposts along the way : on taking the less-travelled path.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Socio-rhetorical criticism