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Ad theophilum : a socio-rhetorical reading of Peter in Acts in Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis.

CroweTipton, Vaughn Eric. (, )

This study is an exercise in biblical interpretation that focuses on the concepts of readers and meaning. Through the use of both literary and sociological models this study takes a particular given context for Codex Bezae ...
The characterization of Jesus in the book of Hebrews.

Small, Brian Christopher, 1965- (, )

This dissertation accomplishes three things. First, it identifies the literary and rhetorical devices that the author of Hebrews uses to construct his characterization of Jesus. Second, it reconstructs the portrait that ...
Figuring Jesus : the power of rhetorical figures of speech in the Gospel of Luke.

Reich, Keith A.

This dissertation examines Luke's use of rhetorical figures of speech on the lips of Jesus as a means of persuading his audience to accept a role-reversing message that challenged the social, religious, economic and political ...
Forensic speeches in Acts 22-26 in their literary environment: a rhetorical study.

Hogan, Derek K.

This dissertation offers an analysis of the form of the forensic speeches that occur in Acts 22-26 and the function of these speeches and the trial scenes of which they are a part. The study argues that these speeches ...
Hearing between the lines: the audience as fellow-worker in Luke-Acts and its literary milieu.

Maxwell, Kathy Reiko.

The audience, and its varying levels of participation, is a vital element for the communication of a story. The stories of Jesus Christ as told in the gospels, and of the early Church as found in Acts, rely on the audience ...
A life for others : the rhetorical function of necessity in Luke's bios of Jesus.

Bass, Kenneth Lee. (, )

This dissertation investigates necessity in Luke’s bios of Jesus using rhetorical and audience-oriented criticism. New Testament scholarship has reached a consensus that the gospels are examples of ancient Greco-Roman ...
The pattern and the power : the example of Christ in 1 Peter.

Barbarick, Clifford A. (, )

In 1 Peter, the example of Christ not only provides the pattern for Christian life; it also enables the moral transformation necessary to live that life. The author writes to audiences who are being maligned and ostracized ...
Reading the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) as the authorial audience.

Stigall, Joshua J. (, )

Since the late 19th and early 20th centuries, interpretation of the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus has tended to revolve around two primary issues: (1) the structure and unity of the parable; and (2) the search for ...
Sight and blindness as an index of character in Luke-Acts and its cultural milieu.

Hartsock, Chad.

This dissertation is a literary study of the biblical texts, and specifically of Luke-Acts. It is a literary study that seeks to understand what an ancient audience might have heard when reading these texts. Specifically, ...
The topos of divine testimony in Luke-Acts.

McConnell, James Russell, 1960-

This dissertation addresses the concept of authoritative testimony in Luke-Acts. Specifically, the dissertation argues that ancient audiences would have understood particular elements in the narrative of Luke-Acts to be ...

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