Rhetorical texture and narrative trajectories of the Lukan Galilean ministry speeches : hermeneutical appropriation by authorial readers of Luke-Acts - Spencer, Patrick E. (London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2007)
Part One: Current status of research and a methodical foundation -- Understanding today's scholarly landscape : Jesus' four Lukan Galilean ministry speeches -- A Methodological foundation for investigation : towards reading as conduction -- Greco-Roman rhetorical argument : delineating rhetorical texture -- Part Two: Rhetorical textures of the four Lukan Galilean ministry speeches -- The First Galilean ministry speech (4.14-30) : hometown synagogue rejects new patronal boundaries -- The Second Galilean ministry speech (6.17-49) : a new ethical mode of (non-reciprocal) benefaction -- The Third Galilean ministry speech (7.24-35) : Jesus, John the Baptist, and their disciples and opponents -- The Fourth Galilean ministry speech (Lk. 8.4-18) : sowing character taxonomies for the implied reader -- Part Three: Narrative trajectories and hermeneutical appropriation by authorial readers -- Rhetorical texture and narrative trajectories : generation of plot, characterization, and topoi -- Hermeneutical appropriation by authorial readers and their ideological transformation -- Part Four: Concluding summary : from Galilee to Rome -- Conclusion: Rhetorical texture, narrative trajectories, and appropriation by authorial readers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-235) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc