Dodson The 'Powers' of Personification

Rhetorical Purpose in the 'Book of Wisdom' and the Letter to the Romans
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-020977-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

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While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them. Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification in relation to its nature as either a rhetorical device or a supernatural power. The “Powers” of Personification seeks to push beyond this debate by evaluating the evidence in a different light – that of its purpose within the overall use of personification in the respective work and in comparison with another piece of contemporaneous theological literature. This book proposes that the authors of Wisdom and Romans employ personification to distance God from the origin of evil, to deflect attention away from the problem of righteous suffering to the positive sides of the experience, or to defer the solution for the suffering of the righteous to the future.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dodson, Joseph R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Frontmatter;1
2;Contents;11
3;Introduction: Theme, History of Research, Approach;12
4;Chapter 1. Definitions and Specifications for Personification;38
5;Chapter 2. The Purposes of Personification;52
6;Section II: Introduction;62
7;Chapter 3. The Personification of Death in Wisdom;67
8;Chapter 4. The Personification of Creation in Wisdom;80
9;Chapter 5. The Personification of Logos;93
10;Chapter 6. The Personification of Wrath;101
11;Chapter 7. The Personifications of Wisdom;112
12;Section II: Summary and Synthesis;126
13;Section III: Introduction;130
14;Chapter 8. The Personifications of Sin and Death;134
15;Chapter 9. The Personification of the Law;151
16;Chapter 10. The Personifications of Grace and Righteousness;162
17;Chapter 11. The Personification of Creation and the Power of the Spirit;173
18;Section III: Summary and Synthesis;189
19;Section IV: Introduction;193
20;Chapter 12. The Personifications of Evil in Wisdom and Romans;194
21;Chapter 13. The Personifications of Creation in Wisdom and Romans;205
22;Chapter 14. Common Thread;213
23;Section IV: Conclusion;232
24;Backmatter;234

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph R. Dodson, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR, USA.