Litotes in Paul: Not an Insignificant Trope
It is sometimes claimed that litotes, the rhetorical trope in which the negation of the contrary is asserted, is largely limited in the New Testament to the Acts of the Apostles, and Paul does not commonly use it. But in fact Paul does use it and with greater sophistication and complexity than Luke....
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Novum Testamentum
Année: 2024, Volume: 66, Numéro: 4, Pages: 462-481 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Litote
/ Rhétorique
/ Bibel. Paulinische Briefe
/ Paulus, Apostel, Heiliger
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| Classifications IxTheo: | HC Nouveau Testament KAB Christianisme primitif RD Hymnologie ZG Sociologie des médias; médias numériques; Sciences de l'information et de la communication |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
understatement
B Rhetoric B Romans 1:16 B Paul B litotes |
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| Résumé: | It is sometimes claimed that litotes, the rhetorical trope in which the negation of the contrary is asserted, is largely limited in the New Testament to the Acts of the Apostles, and Paul does not commonly use it. But in fact Paul does use it and with greater sophistication and complexity than Luke. This article reviews the ancient rhetorical handbooks and scholia with respect to litotes, surveys its various functions, and then demonstrates that Paul uses it frequently and deftly as a rhetorical technique of restraint to enhance his credibility. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10077 |