TY - BOOK AU - Witherington,Ben TI - What's in the Word: rethinking the socio-rhetorical character of the New Testament SN - 9781602581968 AV - BS2380 PY - 2009/// CY - Waco, Texas PB - Baylor University Press KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Socio-rhetorical criticism N1 - 1 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-traveled path; 2 ER -