The function of sublime rhetoric in Hebrews: a study in Hebrews 12:18-29
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Problems and Prospects in Hebrews 12:18-29 -- A. A Moving Vision: Considering the Place and Style of Heb 12:18-29 -- I. A Distinct Moment -- II. An Embedded Moment -- B. Previous Approaches to Hebrews 12:18-29 -- I...
| Summary: | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Problems and Prospects in Hebrews 12:18-29 -- A. A Moving Vision: Considering the Place and Style of Heb 12:18-29 -- I. A Distinct Moment -- II. An Embedded Moment -- B. Previous Approaches to Hebrews 12:18-29 -- I. Interpretations Based on Cultural Context -- II. Symbolic and Theological Interpretations -- III. Ethical and Spiritual Interpretations -- IV. Attending to God's Speech -- C. Accounting for the Verbal Artistry of Hebrews 12:18-29 -- I. Rhetorical-Critical Analyses of Hebrews -- II. Discussions of the Style of Hebrews -- 1. Discussion of Style in Commentaries -- 2. Discussions of Style in Articles and Monographs -- 3. Walter Jennrich -- 4. Michael Cosby -- D. Hebrews and the Rhetoric of Religion -- Chapter 2: A Reading of De Sublimitate -- A. An Orientation to De Sublimitate -- I. The Author of the Treatise -- II. Considering Caecilius -- III. Terentianus: Student or Patron -- IV. Summary -- B. Approaching the Subject: Describing ὝΨΟΣ -- I. The Effects of ὝΨΟΣ and the Limits of Persuasion (Subl. 1.3-4) -- II. Failed Attempts to Achieve ὝΨΟΣ (Subl. 3-5) -- III. Toward a Translation of ὝΨΟΣ -- C. The Five Sources of Sublime Rhetoric and their Effects -- I. Impressive Ideas and their Effects (Subl. 9.1-15.12) -- 1. Nobility of Mind -- 2. Imitation -- 3. Imagination -- II. Stirring Emotion -- III. Figures Intended to Move the Hearers (Subl. 16-29) -- IV. Words that Captivate (Subl. 30-38) -- V. Enchanting Word Arrangement (Subl. 39-43) -- D. Longinus and the Philosopher (Subl. 44) -- I. The Nature of Apathy -- II. Addressing Apathy -- E. Sublime Rhetoric and the Limits of Excellent Style -- F. From Longinus's Sublime Rhetoric to the Concept of the Sublime -- I. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux: Locating the Sublime in Discourse II. John Dennis: The Sublimity of Religion -- III. Edmund Burke: The Sublime as Terror -- IV. Immanuel Kant: The Sublime and the Mind's Infinity -- V. Jean-François Lyotard: Presenting the Unpresentable -- VI. Summary -- G. Conclusion -- Chapter 3: De Sublimitate, Theories of Style, and the Power of Language -- A. De Sublimitate and the Ancient Analysis of Style -- I. Components of Style -- II. Classifying Types of Style -- 1. Aristophanes: The Grand and the Not-Grand -- 2. Demetrius: Four Characters but Two Styles -- 3. The Appearance of Three -- 4. The Three Styles in Cicero -- 5. Dionysius of Halicarnassus: The Triumph of the Mixed Style -- II. Sublime Rhetoric and/as the Grand Style -- III. Stylizing Religious Experience -- B. Language and Religious Experience -- I. Gorgias of Leontini: Speech as Sacred Magic -- II. Plato and the Danger of Inspired Poetry -- III. Aristotle: Poetic Emotion and Catharsis -- IV. Plutarch: Purging Poetry for Philosophy -- V. Philo of Alexandria: Reading and/as Religious Experience -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Reading Hebrews 12:18-29 with Longinus -- A. Orientation to Hebrews 12:18-29 -- B. Locating God's Speech: Exegesis of Heb 12:18-29 -- I. Experiencing the First Location of God's Speech (12:18-19a) -- II. The Response of the First Hearers (Heb 12:19b-21) -- III. The Description of the Second Location (Heb 12:22-24) -- IV. The Response to be Avoided (Heb 12:25-27) -- V. The Appropriate Response (Heb 12:28-29) -- C. Further Glimpses of Sublime Rhetoric -- I. Imagination, Imitation, and the Idea of God's Speech -- II. Connecting the Earthly and the Ideal -- D. Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Dislocating and Stirring the Hearers of Hebrews 12:18-29 -- A. Moving the Hearers to the Place Where God Speaks -- I. Dislocating the Hearers -- II. The Place Where God Speaks -- 1. Overhearing God's Speech to the Son 2. Heeding God's Speech in the Wilderness -- 3. Seeking God's Speech Outside the Gate -- 4. Summary -- III. The Place to Which the Hearers Have Come -- 1. Protecting the Integrity of the Place -- 2. Respecting the Leaders of the Place -- 3. Tending to the Center of the Place -- 4. Summary -- B. Moving the Hearers to Persevere -- I. The Endurance that Faith Requires -- II. Sluggishness and a Zealous Response -- 1. The Nature of Sluggishness (νωθρός) -- 2. A Response Lacking Zeal -- 3. Suffering Maturity -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects |
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| ISBN: | 3161559436 |