Letters and homilies for Jewish Christians : a socio-rhetorical commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude / Ben Witherington III. [print]

Authorship, provenance, and date of Hebrews Intertextuality, Greek style, rhetoric and literary structure of Hebrews The heavenly high priest : christology in Hebrews Recognition and canonization of Hebrews Bibliography on Hebrews Exordium : the radiance of the son (Heb 1:1-4) ; Exposition and exhortation : the sevenfold witness and the greater salvation (Heb 1:5-2:4) ; Exposition and exhortation : lower than the angels, greater than Moses, gone through the heavens, entering his rest (Heb 2:5-3:19) ; The one greater than Moses requires a better response and provides a better result (Heb 3:1-19) ; The "rest" of the story (Heb 4:1-13) ; Exposition and exhortation : the well-tested high priest (Heb 4:14-5:10) ; Exhortation : avoid apostasy, imitate those persevering (Heb 5:11-6:12) ; Transitus : the forefather and the foreshadowed priest (Heb 6:13-20) ; Central exposition : Abraham, Melchizedek and Jesus (Heb 7:1-8:6) ; Central exposition : Christ, the sacrifice of the new covenant (Heb 8:7-10:18) ; Exhortation : holding on unswervingly as the day approaches (Heb 10:19-39) ; The rough ride to the Kingdom (Heb 11:1-12:17) ; Peroration : Theophanies behind and before them (Heb 12:18-29) ; Final exhortations and epistolary closing (Heb 13:1-25) ; Bridging the horizons The conquest of faith and the climax of history (Heb 12:1-4, 18-29) ; Text history and interpretation of James Language of James Voice and rhetorical character of James Jesus' sayings in James Authorship of James Social ethos of James's audience and home congregation Structure of James Bibliography on James Epistolary prescript (Jas 1:1) ; Exordium : of trials and temptations and standing the test (Jas 1:2-18) ; Proposito : quick listening, slowing speaking, insistent doing of the word (Jas 1:19-27) ; Elaboration of themes : rich and poor, word and deed (Jas 2:1-26) ; Elaboration of themes : teachers taming the tongue (Jas 3:1-18) ; Elaboration of themes : combating the desires and antiwisdom of the mercenary and military mentality (Jas 4:1-5:6) ; Peroration : wait, pray, rescue the wandering for the Lord is coming (Jas 5:7-20) ; James and the author of Hebrews : twin sons of different mothers? ; Bridging the horizons Jude : the man Galilee and the Hellenizing of the Holy Land Jude : the discourse : its rhetoric and relationships Jude's audience Greek text of Jude Bibliography on Jude Epistolary prescript and opening discourse elements : "necessity arose" (Jude 1-4) ; Probatio : proofs of the character and fate of the intruders (Jude 5-16) ; Peroration : "tearing down and building up" (Jude 17-23) ; Closing doxology : the divine guardian (Jude 24-25).

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