Biblical rhetoric : the art of religious dialogue

This paper deals with the effect of speech upon the hearers and discusses the role of the verbal effect, known as rhetoric, on biblical religion. Furthermore, the paper claims that biblical rhetoric, as an argumentative discourse, is a manifestation of "democracy" in terms of the struggle...

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Main Author: Gitay, Yehoshuʿa 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2009
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2009, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-56
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:This paper deals with the effect of speech upon the hearers and discusses the role of the verbal effect, known as rhetoric, on biblical religion. Furthermore, the paper claims that biblical rhetoric, as an argumentative discourse, is a manifestation of "democracy" in terms of the struggle between the proclamations of authority and the voice of human criticism that challenges the ultimate. Hence, the biblical speech is instrumental in forcing authority to explain or justify its deeds, therefore substituting the power of authority with a matter of rational human persuasion.
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/EJC101114