TY - MANSCPT AU - Witherington,Ben TI - What's in the Word: rethinking the socio-rhetorical character of the New Testament SN - 9781602581968 (pbk. : alk. paper) : AV - BS2380 .W58 2009 U1 - 225.6 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Waco, Tex. PB - Baylor University Press KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Socio-rhetorical criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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 ER -