The Rhetoric of Interruption : : Speech-Making, Turn-Taking, and Rule-Breaking in Luke-Acts and Ancient Greek Narrative / / Daniel Lynwood Smith.

Why are so many speakers interrupted in Luke and in Acts? For nearly a century, scholars have noted the presence of interrupted speech in the Acts of the Apostles, but explanations of its function have been limited and often contradictory. A more effective approach involves grounding the analysis of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft , 193
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Physical Description:1 online resource (337 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Chapter 1. Interruption and Rhetoric in Ancient Greek Literature
  • Chapter 2. Interrupted Speech in Greek Historiography: From Homer to Appian
  • Chapter 3. Interrupted Speech in Jewish Historiography: From Job to Josephus
  • Chapter 4. Interrupted Speech in Greek Novels
  • Chapter 5. The Overlooked Interruptions of the Gospel according to Luke
  • Chapter 6. Interrupted Speech in the Acts of the Apostles
  • Chapter 7. Conclusions
  • Appendix 1. Intentionally Interrupted Speech in Greek Historiography
  • Appendix 2. Intentionally Interrupted Speech in Jewish Historiography
  • Appendix 3. Intentionally Interrupted Speech in Greek Novels
  • Appendix 4. Intentionally Interrupted Speech in Luke-Acts
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Subjects