1 Clement as an Argumentative Text (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004742055)

This volume explores the significance of 1 Clement as an argumentative text - a text that substantiates and offers reasons for a specific course of action which readers of the work should take. The contributions to this volume analyze the various argumentative strategies the author of 1 Clement employs in service of the letter's overall aims. Some essays focus on the cultural knowledge underlying the argumentation, while others on the function and use of Scripture. Several essays offer insights from other disciplines - theories of argumentation, metaphor, and (literary and cultural) space, as well as historical anthropology - to facilitate the analysis of 1 Clement's argument. The final two essays investigate the way the argumentative structure of 1 Clement was interpreted and used in two very different contexts of reception.

Author: David Du Toit
ISBN-10: 9004742050
ISBN-13: 9789004742055
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2025
Pages: 396
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.88d