Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol.I : : Embedded Speeches, Audience Responses, and Authorial Persuasion / / John M. Duncan.

• Superior document: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 203
• VerfasserIn: Duncan, John M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 203.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (744 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Volume 1 -- Part 1 Introductory Issues and Ancient Rhetorical Precepts -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1 Purpose of This Study -- 2 Acts, the Third Gospel, and the Question of Unity -- 3 Luke, Ancient Education, and Rhetorical Competency -- 4 Acts and Ancient Historiography -- 5 The Use of Speeches in Ancient Greek Historiography -- 6 History of Research on the Speeches in Acts -- 7 Conceptual Tools Employed in This Study -- 8 Plan of This Study -- Chapter 2 Adaptation and Alienation in Greco-Roman Rhetorical Theory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ancient Greco-Roman Rhetoric: Select Basic Concepts -- 3 Plato -- 4 Isocrates -- 5 Aristotle -- 6 Anaximenes, Rhetorica ad Alexandrum -- 7 Rhetorica ad Herennium -- 8 Cicero -- 9 Quintilian -- 10 Conclusion -- Part 2 Adaptation and Alienation in Classical Greek and Hellenistic Historiography -- Chapter 3 Introduction to Part 2 -- 1 The Works to Be Examined in Part 2: Rationale for Inclusion andGeneral Orientation -- Chapter 4 Herodotus's Histories -- 1 The Contents and Context of Herodotus's Histories -- 2 The Speeches in Herodotus's Histories: General Considerations -- 3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Herodotus's Histories -- 4 The Speeches in Herodotus's Histories and the Authorial Audience -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War -- 1 The Contents and Context of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War -- 2 The Speeches in Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War: General Considerations -- 3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War -- 4 The Speeches in Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War and the Authorial Audience -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Xenophon's Anabasis and Hellenica -- 1 Introduction.

2 The Contents and Context of Xenophon's Anabasis -- 3 The Speeches in Xenophon's Anabasis: General Considerations -- 4 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Xenophon's Anabasis -- 5 The Speeches in Xenophon's Anabasis and the Authorial Audience -- 6 The Contents and Context of Xenophon's Hellenica -- 7 The Speeches in Xenophon's Hellenica: General Considerations -- 8 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Xenophon's Hellenica -- 9 The Speeches in Xenophon's Hellenica and the Authorial Audience -- 10 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Polybius's Histories -- 1 The Contents and Context of Polybius's Histories -- 2 The Speeches in Polybius's Histories: General Considerations -- 3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Polybius's Histories -- 4 The Speeches in Polybius's Histories and the Authorial Audience -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Diodorus Siculus's Library of History -- 1 The Contents and Context of Diodorus Siculus's Library of History -- 2 The Speeches in Diodorus Siculus's Library of History: General Considerations -- 3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Diodorus Siculus's Library of History -- 4 The Speeches in Diodorus Siculus's Library of History and the Authorial Audience -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Dionysius of Halicarnassus's Roman Antiquities -- 1 The Contents and Context of Dionysius of Halicarnassus's Roman Antiquities -- 2 The Speeches in Dionysius of Halicarnassus's Roman Antiquities: General Considerations -- 3 Audience Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in Dionysius of Halicarnassus's Roman Antiquities -- 4 The Speeches in Dionysius of Halicarnassus's Roman Antiquities and the Authorial Audience -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Summary of Part 2 -- 1 Adaptation and Alienation in the Speeches in the Greek Historians.

2 The Greek Historians' Messages to Their Authorial Audiences -- 3 Speeches and the Outlooks of the Greek Historians -- Bibliography.