Tag: epideictic
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1 Thessalonians: Motivation through Positive Feedback
I have found learning about ancient rhetoric tremendously helpful in understanding several New Testament books. Here, I will use this lens to look at 1 Thessalonians. Ben Witherington’s socio-rhetorical commentary on this letter has been sitting in my Logos library for far too long, and I finally got around to reading it. You can also…
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Hebrews: A Masterpiece of Language & Eloquence
Hebrews comes with an unusually large vocabulary and outstanding rhetoric – all plugs pulled to celebrated the superiority of Jesus.