The apocryphal epistle to the Laodiceans : an epistolary and rhetorical analysis / / by Philip L. Tite.
Challenging nearly two centuries of scholarship, this book offers the first close analysis of the apocryphal epistle to the Laodiceans. A near consensus in scholarship has emerged in which Laodiceans is dismissed as a random collection of phrases plucked from the undisputed Pauline letters, which la...
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texts and Editions for New Testament Study
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Challenging nearly two centuries of scholarship, this book offers the first close analysis of the apocryphal epistle to the Laodiceans. A near consensus in scholarship has emerged in which Laodiceans is dismissed as a random collection of phrases plucked from the undisputed Pauline letters, which lacks any organizational structure or theological sophistication. In The Apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans, Philip Tite offers a detailed analysis of this Latin letter by exploring the epistolary conventions utilized by the letter writer. What emerges is a pseudonymous text that is a carefully crafted paraenetic letter with a discernible rhetorical situation. By highlighting Laodiceans’ use of Paul as a literary culture hero, Tite situates the letter within second-century Christian identity formation. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283551098 9786613863546 9004231625 |
| ISSN: | 1574-7085 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Philip L. Tite. |