New Testament, Byzantine, Patristic and Early Medieval Rhetoric:
Selected Sources
| The literature on rhetorical criticism of the New Testament is vast. This bibliography, which is just in its infancy, includes only those works which in my judgment make a contribution to Greco-Roman rhetorical theory rather than being limited to rhetorical criticism of specific texts. |
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Brown, Peter. |
Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity. Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1992. |
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Cameron, Averil. |
Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire: The Development of Christian Discourse. Berkeley: U of California P, 1991. |
| Conley, Thomas. | "Byzantine Teaching on Figures and Tropes: An Introduction." Rhetorica 4 (1986): 335-374. |
| ---. | "Greek Rhetorics after the Fall of Constantinople: An Introduction." Rhetorica 18 (2000): 265-294. |
| Crafton, Jeffrey A. | The Agency of the Apostle: A Dramatistic Analysis of Paul's Responses to Conflict in 2 Corinthians. JSNT Supplement Series 51. Sheffield: JSOT P, 1991. |
| Crusius, Timothy | "Thinking (and Rethinking) Kinneavy." Rhetoric Review 3 (1985): 120-130. |
| Humphries, Michael L., and Burton L. Mack. | Christian Origins and the Language of the Kingdom of God. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1999. |
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Kennedy, George A. |
Greek Rhetoric under Christian Emperors. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1983. |
| ---. | "An Introduction to the Rhetoric of the Gospels." Rhetorica 1 (1983): 17-81. |
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New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1984. |
| Kermode, Frank. | The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1979. |
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Kinneavy, James L. |
Greek Rhetorical Origins of Christian Faith. New York: Oxford UP, 1987. |
| Kustas, George L. | "The Function and Evolution of Byzantine Rhetoric." Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Ed. Lynn Hurst. Berkeley and Los Angeles : U. of Calif. P., 1970 (1971). 55-73. |
| Leff, Michael C. | "Boethius and the History of Medieval Rhetoric." Central States Speech Journal 25 (1974): 135-141. |
| ---. | "The Material of the Art in the Latin Handbooks of the Fourth Century A.D." Rhetoric Revalued: Papers from the International Society for the History of Rhetoric. Ed. Brian Vickers. Binghamton: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1982. 71-78. |
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"The Topics of Argumentative Invention in Latin Rhetorical Theory from Cicero to Boethius." Rhetorica 1 (1983): 23–44. |
| Meynet, Roland. | "Histoire de "l'analyse rhetorique" en exégèse biblique." Rhetorica 8 (1990): 291-320. |
| Monfasani, John. | "The
Byzantine Rhetorical Tradition and the Renaissance." Renaissance
Eloquence: Studies in the Theory and Practice of Renaissance Rhetoric.
Ed. James J. Murphy. Berkeley : U of California P, 1983. 174-184. |
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Murphy, James J. |
Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: A History of Rhetorical Theory from Saint Augustine to the Renaissance. Berkeley: U of California P, 1974. |
| Poster, Carol. | "Silence as a Rhetorical Strategy in Neoplatonic Mysticism." Mystics Quarterly 24 (1998): 48-69. |
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Robbins, Vernon K., and Burton L. Mack |
Patterns of Persuasion in the Gospels. Sonoma, CA: Polebridge, 1989. |
| Ryan, P. J. | "Chrysostom, a Derived Stylist?" Vigiliae Christianae 36 (1982): 5-14. |
| Sider, Robert. | Ancient Rhetoric and the Art of Tertullian. London: Oxford UP, 1971. |
| Snyder, Lee. | "Invitation to Transcendence: The Book of Revelation." Quarterly Journal of Speech 86 (2000): 402-416. |
| Sullivan, Dale L. | "Establishing Orthodoxy: The Letters of Ignatius of Antioch as Epideictic Rhetoric." Journal of Communication and Religion 15 (1992): 71-86. |
| ---. | "Kairos and the Rhetoric of Belief." Quarterly Journal of Speech 78 (1992): 317-332. |
| Sullivan, Dale L., and Christian Anible. | "
The Epideictic Dimension of Galatians as Formative Rhetoric: The Inscription
of Early Christian Community." Rhetorica 18 (2000): 117-. |
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Warner, Martin, ed. |
The Bible as Rhetoric: Studies in Biblical Persuasion and Credibility. London: Routledge, 1990. |
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Watson, Duane Frederick, ed. |
Persuasive Artistry: Studies in New Testament Rhetoric in Honor of George A. Kennedy. Sheffield: Academic P, 1991. |
| Wilder, Amos N. | Early Christian Rhetoric: The Language of the Gospel. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. |