The rhetorical interpretation of Scripture: Essays from the 1996 Malibu Conference

by Stanley E. Porter

Rhetorical analysis has developed into an array of firmly established perspectives and practices within biblical criticism, offering a sophisticated engagement and analysis that biblical scholarship as a whole has still fully to appreciate. In particular, its value as a tool of ideological criticism is overlooked. These essays, embracing methodological explorations, practical applications and links to theological and historical analysis, provide the biblical scholar with an up-to-date portrait of this important discipline.

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Stanley E. Porter (PhD, University of Sheffield) is president, dean, and professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Wolrdview at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. He has authored or edited dozens of books, including How We Got the New Testament and Fundamentals of New Testament Greek.