Description: Paul's True Rhetoric : Ambiguity, Cunning, and Deception in Greece and Rome, Paperback by Given, Mark Douglas, ISBN 1563383411, ISBN-13 9781563383410, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Scholars have long suspected that Paul's rhetorical strategies are not always irreproachable when judged by philosophical rhetorical standards. In Paul's True Rhetoric, Mark Given argues that Paul's rhetorical strategies in Acts and his letters display intentional ambiguity, cunning, and deception, and make him vulnerable to the charge that he perpetrates sophistries. Paul's deliberate use of misleading rhetoric was justified by his sincere conviction that he knew the truth and had a divine mandate to promote it in an apocalyptic world filled with deception. Like Socrates, Paul regarded his enemies and potential converts as being in a state of ignorance borne of deception. Since the deception was so severe, most had no idea how ignorant of the Truth they really were. Paul felt, as did Socrates, that he had to fool the deceived by becoming like them, pretending to be ignorant. Then, using an insinuative dialectic, he could gradually expose their ignorance both to themselves and others.
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Book Title: Paul's True Rhetoric : Ambiguity, Cunning, and Deception in Greec
Number of Pages: 0 Pages
Publication Name: Paul's True Rhetoric : Ambiguity, Cunning, and Deception in Greece and Rome
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2001
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Rhetoric, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Mark D. Given
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Emory Studies in Early Christianity Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
