Buch, Englisch, Band 203, 1488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Embedded Speeches, Audience Responses, and Authorial Persuasion
Buch, Englisch, Band 203, 1488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series
ISBN: 978-90-04-52407-1
Verlag: Brill
Greco-Roman rhetorical theorists insist that speakers must adapt their speeches to their audiences in order to maximize persuasiveness and minimize alienation. Ancient historians adorn their narratives with accounts of attempts at such rhetorical adaptation, the outcomes of which decisively impact the subsequent course of events. These depictions of speaker-audience interactions, moreover, convey crucial didactic/persuasive insights to the historians’ own audiences. This monograph presents a detailed comparative analysis of the intra- and extra-textual functions of speeches and audience responses in Greek historiography, Josephus, and Acts, with special emphasis on Luke’s distinctive depiction of the apostles as adaptable yet frequently alienating orators.
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Volume 1
Part 1: Introductory Issues and Ancient Rhetorical Precepts
1 Introduction
1 Purpose of This Study
2 Acts, the Third Gospel, and the Question of Unity
3 Luke, Ancient Education, and Rhetorical Competency
4 Acts and Ancient Historiography
5 The Use of Speeches in Ancient Greek Historiography
6 History of Research on the Speeches in Acts
7 Conceptual Tools Employed in This Study
8 Plan of This Study
2 Adaptation and Alienation in Greco-Roman Rhetorical Theory
1 Introduction
2 Ancient Greco-Roman Rhetoric: Select Basic Concepts
3 Plato
4 Isocrates
5 Aristotle
6 Anaximenes, Rhetorica ad Alexandrum
7 Rhetorica ad Herennium
8 Cicero
9 Quintilian
10 Conclusion
Part 2: Adaptation and Alienation in Classical Greek and Hellenistic Historiography
3 Introduction to Part 2
1 The Works to Be Examined in Part 2: Rationale for Inclusion and General Orientation
4 Herodotus’s Histories
1 The Contents and Context of Herodotus’s Histories
2 The Speeches in Herodotus’s Histories: General Considerations
3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Herodotus’s Histories
4 The Speeches in Herodotus’s Histories and the Authorial Audience
5 Conclusion
5 Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War
1 The Contents and Context of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War
2 The Speeches in Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War: General Considerations
3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War
4 The Speeches in Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War and the Authorial Audience
5 Conclusion
6 Xenophon’s Anabasis and Hellenica
1 Introduction
2 The Contents and Context of Xenophon’s Anabasis
3 The Speeches in Xenophon’s Anabasis: General Considerations
4 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Xenophon’s Anabasis
5 The Speeches in Xenophon’s Anabasis and the Authorial Audience
6 The Contents and Context of Xenophon’s Hellenica
7 The Speeches in Xenophon’s Hellenica: General Considerations
8 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Xenophon’s Hellenica
9 The Speeches in Xenophon’s Hellenica and the Authorial Audience
10 Conclusion
7 Polybius’s Histories
1 The Contents and Context of Polybius’s Histories
2 The Speeches in Polybius’s Histories: General Considerations
3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Polybius’s Histories
4 The Speeches in Polybius’s Histories and the Authorial Audience
5 Conclusion
8 Diodorus Siculus’s Library of History
1 The Contents and Context of Diodorus Siculus’s Library of History
2 The Speeches in Diodorus Siculus’s Library of History: General Considerations
3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Diodorus Siculus’s Library of History
4 The Speeches in Diodorus Siculus’s Library of History and the Authorial Audience
5 Conclusion
9 Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities
1 The Contents and Context of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities
2 The Speeches in Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities: General Considerations
3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities
4 The Speeches in Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities and the Authorial Audience
5 Conclusion
10 Summary of Part 2
1 Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in the Greek Historians
2 The Greek Historians’ Messages to Their Authorial Audiences
3 Speeches and the Outlooks of the Greek Historians
Bibliography
Volume 2
Part 3: Adaptation and Alienation in Josephus’s Jewish War and Acts
11 Introduction to Part 3
1 Introduction
2 Speeches and Historiographical Orientation in Josephus’s Jewish War and Acts
12 Josephus’s Jewish War
1 Introduction
2 The Contents and Context of Josephus’s Jewish War
3 The Speeches in Josephus’s Jewish War: General Considerations
4 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Josephus’s Jewish War
5 The Speeches in Josephus’s Jewish War and the Authorial Audience
6 Conclusion
13 The Acts of the Apostles
1 The Contents and Context of the Acts of the Apostles
2 The Speeches in the Acts of the Apostles: General Considerations
3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in the Acts of the Apostles
4 The Speeches in the Acts of the Apostles and the Authorial Audience
5 Conclusion
14 Summary of Part 3
1 Introduction
2 Josephus and the Greek Historians
3 Luke and the Greek Historians
4 Josephus and Luke
Part 4: Conclusion
15 Conclusion
1 Summary of Findings
2 Contributions of This Study and Potential Avenues of Further Research
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects
