Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, And The Book Of Jonah

Phyllis Trible examines rhetorical criticism as a discipline within biblical studies. In Part One she surveys the historical antecedents of the method from ancient times to the postmodern era: classical rhetoric, literary critical theory, literary study of the Bible, and form criticism. Trible then presents samples of rhetorical analysis as the art of composition and as the art of persuasion.In Part Two, formulated guidelines are applied to a detailed study of the book of Jonah. A close rea...