This volume is designed as a resource for using rhetorical criticism as a methodology for interpreting the Bible. Rhetorical criticism is treated in the broader context of the growing interest in the study of the literary character of the Bible. The volume is divided into two parts to accommodate both the Old and New Testaments. Each part begins with a discussion of the history and methodology of rhetorical criticism pertinent to that Testament. Here special emphasis is given to the current state and trends of the discipline and its impact on biblical interpretation. These discussions are followed by extensive bibliographies categorized to facilitate working with the published research on specific biblical texts, books, or categories of books.
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'A resource for using rhetorical criticism as a methodology for interpreting the literary character of the Bible...' Reference and Research Book News, 1994. '...this is a very valuable compilation of material.' SEP, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1994. '...the bibliographies compiled by Watson and Hauser are not only timely but also should prove extremely valuable to both OT and NT scholars.' John T. Fitzgerald, Religious Studies Review, 1995.
Duane F. Watson, Ph.D. (1986) in New Testament, Duke University, is Associate Professor of New Testament Studies at Malone College. He is author of Invention, Arrangement, and Style, editor of Persuasive Artistry, and numerous articles on the rhetoric of the New Testament. Alan J. Hauser, Ph.D. (1972) in Religion from the School of Religion, University of Iowa, is Professor of Biblical Studies at Appalachian State University. He is editor of Currents in Research: Biblical Studies and has published From Carmel to Horeb: Elijah in Crisis (1990) and numerous articles in Old Testament Studies.
