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The Bible is a popular subject of study and research, yet biblical studies gives little attention to the reason for its popularity: its religious role as a scripture. Understanding the Bible as a Scripture in History, Culture, and Religion integrates the history of the religious interpretation and ritual uses of biblical books into a survey of their rhetoric, composition, and theology in their ancient contexts. Emphasizing insights from comparative studies of different religious scriptures, it combines discussion of the Bible’s origins with its cultural history into a coherent understanding of its past and present function as a scripture.A prominent expert on biblical rhetoric and the ritualization of books, James W. Watts describes how Jews and Christians ritualize the Bible by interpreting it, by expressing it in recitations, music, art, and film, and by venerating the physical scroll and book. The first two sections of the book are organized around the Torah and the Gospels—which have been the focus of Jewish and Christian ritualization of scriptures from ancient to modern times—and treat the history of other biblical books in relation to these two central blocks of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. In addition to analyzing the semantic contents of all the Bible’s books as persuasive rhetoric, Watts describes their ritualization in the iconic and expressive dimensions in the centuries since they began to function as a scripture, as well as in their origins in ancient Judaism and Christianity. The third section on the cultural history and scriptural function of modern bibles concludes by discussing their influence today and the controversies they have fueled about history, science, race, and gender.

Bible --- Use. --- Socio-rhetorical criticism. --- Study and teaching.

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"Investigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately stalling broader claims for justice in the United States"--

Rhetoric --- Rape culture --- Political aspects --- United States. --- Feminism. --- body politics. --- feeling. --- rhetorical theory. --- sexual violence.

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Weaver offers a provocative reading of Pauline community, focusing on social and historical readings of the Pauline collection, body metaphors, and sociopolitics of the gift, through models and methods developed by critical theorists. He pays attention to conceptual apparatuses revolving around gifting, community, and immunity found in the writings of Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito, augmenting common readings of the historical Paul, while also enriching philosophical co-optations of Paul.. Using critical theories, Weaver unveils different gifting types, showing how these expand one's understanding of ealy Christian community,. The study ends with a new exegesis of 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, illuminating the text through effective theoretical avenues. This book expands methodological borders, providing innovative models of Pauline Christianity, and developing new readings of community profitable to both New Testament studies and theory. --Book cover.

Communities --- Gifts --- Fellowship --- Philosophy --- Religious aspects --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Esposito, Roberto --- Bible. --- Socio-rhetorical criticism

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Fruit d?une longue histoire qui remonte au moins à la moitié du XVIIIe siècle et, de la part de son auteur, d?une cinquantaine d?années de recherches et d?analyses de textes, aussi bien de l?Ancien Testament que du Nouveau, cet ouvrage expose de façon systématique et approfondie les principes de la rhétorique biblique.00Appartenant à l?aire culturelle du monde sémitique, celle-ci se distingue de la rhétorique gréco-latine, dont l?Occident moderne est l?héritier direct. Pourtant, elle ne s?applique pas seulement aux textes rédigés en hébreu ou en araméen, mais aussi aux livres grecs de l?Ancien et du Nouveau Testament. La connaissance des lois de cette rhétorique spécifique est indispensable pour mieux comprendre les écrits bibliques.00Le Traité se développe en trois parties: Composition, Contexte, Interprétation. 00Cette troisième édition a été allégée de ses chapitres extrêmes: l?±Historique? est disponible sur le site de la RBS, les "Perspectives" sont désormais en partie dépassées et largement mieux connues; ont aussi été économisés plusieurs exemples qui n?étaient pas indispensables. En revanche, le volume a été amplifié par l?exposé des découvertes récentes et par des approfondissements - en particulier pour l?intertextualité - rendus nécessaires pour des raisons avant tout pédagogiques.

Bible --- Rhetorical criticism --- Rhetoric in the Bible --- Speech criticism --- Criticism --- Oratory --- Public speaking --- Rhetoric. --- Language, style. --- Socio-rhetorical criticism. --- 22.015 --- GBIB: jesuitica --- 22.015 Bijbel: literaire kritiek; authenticiteit; bronnenstudie; Formgeschichte; Traditionsgeschichte; Redaktionsgeschichte --- Bijbel: literaire kritiek; authenticiteit; bronnenstudie; Formgeschichte; Traditionsgeschichte; Redaktionsgeschichte --- Rhetoric --- Language, style --- Socio-rhetorical criticism

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Discovered in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient Israelite documents, many of which were written by a Jewish sectarian community at Qumran living in self-exile from the priesthood of the Second Temple. This first book-length study of the rhetoric of these texts illustrates how the Essenes employed different rhetorics over time as they struggled to understand God's word and their mission to their people, who seemed to have turned away from God and his purposes.Applying methods of rhetorical analysis to six substantive texts-Miqṣat Maʿa"7;eh ha-Torah, Rule of the Community, Damascus Document, Purification Rules, Temple Scroll, and Habakkuk Pesher-Bruce McComiskey traces the Essenes' use of rhetorical strategies based on identification, dissociation, entitlement, and interpretation. Through his analysis, McComiskey uncovers a unique, fascinating story of an ancient religious community that had sought to reintegrate into Temple life but, dejected, instead established itself as the new covenant people of God for this world, only to turn ultimately to a trust in a metaphysical afterlife.Presenting forms of ancient Jewish rhetoric largely uninfluenced by classical rhetoric, this book broadens our understanding of human and religious rhetorical practice, even as it provides new insight into the events that led to the emergence of the Talmudic period. Rhetoric and the Dead Sea Scrolls will be useful to scholars working in the fields of religious rhetoric, Jewish studies, and early Christianity.

Dead Sea scrolls. --- Dead Sea Scrolls. --- Essenes. --- Jerusalem. --- Qumran. --- Second Temple period. --- Second Temple. --- Temple. --- Zadok. --- Zadokite. --- covenant. --- dissociation. --- distinction. --- embodiment. --- erasure. --- hermeneutics. --- identification. --- impurity. --- initiation. --- interpretation. --- moral impurity. --- performative rhetoric material rhetoric. --- pesher. --- priests. --- purification. --- purity. --- rhetoric. --- rhetorical ecology. --- rhetorical theory. --- ritual impurity. --- speech acts.