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Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered why Paul leaves the resurrection discussion in 1 Corinthians 15 for the end of the letter? Have you pondered how 1 Corinthians 15 functions as the climax to 1 Corinthians? This book answers those questions by exploring insinuatio, the Greco-Roman rhetorical convention used to address prejudiced or controversial topics—like resurrection—at the end of a discourse. This is the most thorough treatment of insinuatio in Biblical and Classical studies to date. It examines the Greco-Roman rhetorical handbooks and speeches on insinuatio, compares them to what Paul does in 1 Corinthians 15, and finds that this was precisely Paul’s rhetorical strategy in 1 Corinthians.Table of ContentsAbstract Preface Introduction  Introduction and Theoretical Framework  The Task, Research Problems, Needed Solutions, and Purpose  Structural Design 1 First Corinthians 15 as Climax  1.1 First Corinthians 15 as Climax  1.2 The Major Proponents of the Climax Proposal  1.3 Summary 2 The Historical Approach to Rhetorical Criticism  2.1 Definitions of Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism  2.2 Defense of Rhetorical Criticism for Paul’s Epistles  2.3 Method Issues in the Historical Approach to Rhetorical Criticism  2.4 Historical Rhetorical Criticism: Methodological Procedure 3 Insinuatio in the Greco-Roman Rhetorical Handbooks  3.1 Introduction to Insinuatio  3.2 Insinuatio in Greek Rhetorical Theory  3.3 Insinuatio in Roman Rhetorical Theory  3.4 Summary of Insinuatio in Greek and Roman Rhetorical Theory 4 Insinuatio in the Greco-Roman Orations  4.1 Introduction to Greco-Roman Rhetorical Practice  4.2 Insinuatio in Greek Rhetorical Practice  4.3 Insinuatio in Roman Rhetorical Practice  4.4 Summary of Insinuatio in Greco-Roman Rhetorical Practice  4.5 Synthesis 5 Insinuatio in 1 Corinthians  5.1 Preliminary Issues  5.2 Pieces to the Puzzle: Revisiting the Major Proponents  5.3 The Final Piece to the Puzzle: 1 Cor 15 as Insinuatio  5.4 Conclusion: The Puzzle Solved? 6 Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection  6.1 The Contributions  6.2 The Implications  6.3 For Further Study  6.4 Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection Bibliography  Greco-Roman Primary Sources  Commentaries  General Sources Index of Rhetorical Terms Index of Ancient and Other Sources Index of Scripture References

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Book SynopsisIt is generally agreed that there is significant irony in the Bible. However, to date no work has been published in biblical scholarship that on the one hand includes interpretations of both Hebrew Bible and New Testament writings under the perspective of irony, and on the other hand offers a panorama of the approaches to the different types and functions of irony in biblical texts. The following volume: (1) reevaluates scholarly definitions of irony and the use of the term in biblical research; (2) builds on existing methods of interpretation of ironic texts; (3) offers judicious analyses of methodological approaches to irony in the Bible; and (4) develops fresh insights into biblical passages.Table of ContentsContents Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction: Reading Irony in Ancient Texts  Tobias Häner and Virginia Miller Part 1: Irony in the Pentateuch 1 Respectful Parody of Exodus Traditions in Genesis 15–16  Mark G. Brett 2 Widerstand, Sympathie und Entlarvung: Ironie im Exodusbuch  Carolin Neuber 3 Is Leviticus Ironic? Exploring Narratival and Priestly Ironies in the Center of the Torah  Mark A. Awabdy 4 Die Ironie des Deuteronomiums  Benjamin Kilchör Part 2: Irony in the Writings 5 Gottes Fragen: Ironie in der ersten Gottesrede des Ijobbuchs (Ijob 38,1–39,30)  Tobias Häner 6 Ironic Criticism in the Prose Framework of Job  Raik Heckl 7 Not Parody, but Irony: Irony in the Book of Job  JiSeong J. Kwon 8 Irony in the Elihu Speeches?  Stephan Lauber 9 A Typological Interpretation of Job That Is Dependent on Irony  Virginia Miller 10 Mockery and Irony in the Psalms  Beat Weber 11 Ironic Contestations as a Care Strategy in Lamentations  Gregory Lee Cuéllar 12 Die Theologie des Buches Kohelet im Zeichen von Ironie und Ambiguität. Eine Skizze  Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger 13 Hosting Its Own Otherness: Irony in the Book of Esther  Timothy Beal Part 3: Irony in the Literature of the Prophets 14 An Ironic Overture in the Book of Jeremiah  Keith Bodner 15 Irony in Ezekiel’s Book  Stephen L. Cook 16 Entertaining Contradictions: Continuing the Conversation on Irony in the Book of Jonah  L. Juliana Claassens Part 4: Irony in the Deuterocanonical Books 17 “Foiled by the Hand of a Woman”: Irony in the Book of Judith  Stephen D. Cook 18 Ironie und Ambiguität im Buch der Weisheit  Luca Mazzinghi Part 5: Irony in the New Testament 19 The Source of Irony in the Fourth Gospel  John Painter 20 Disambiguating Forms of Irony in Second Corinthians 10–13  Matthew Pawlak Index of Subjects

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Table of ContentsContents Preface List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Contributors Introduction: Paratextual Features of Early Greek Manuscripts  Stanley E. Porter, Chris S. Stevens, and David I. Yoon 1 What Is Paratext? In Search of an Elusive Category  Stanley E. Porter 2 Missing the Point: Modern Punctuation Practice as Authoritative but Possibly Problematic Decision-Making  Hans Förster 3 Pointers to Persons and Pericopes? A Study of the Intermarginal Signs in Sahidic Manuscripts of the Gospel of John  Matthias H. O. Schulz 4 But for Me, the Scriptures are Jesus Christ (Ι̅Ϲ̅ Χ̅Ϲ̅; Ign. Phld. 8:2). Creedal Text-Coding and the Early Scribal System of Nomina Sacra  Tomas Bokedal 5 Segmentation and Interpretation of Early Pauline Manuscripts  S. Matthew Solomon 6 Can Papyri Correspondence Help Us to Understand Paul’s “Large Letters” in Galatians?  William Varner 7 The Tradition and Development of the Subscriptions to 1 Timothy  Tommy Wasserman and Linnea Thorp 8 Second Timothy: When and Where? Text and Traditions in the Subscriptions  Conrad Thorup Elmelund and Tommy Wasserman 9 Composite Citations in New Testament Greek Manuscripts  Sean A. Adams and Seth M. Ehorn 10 Titus in P32 and Early Majuscules: Textual Reliability and Scribal Design  Chris S. Stevens 11 The Scribal Use of Ekthesis as a Paragraph Marker? The Galatians Text in Codex Sinaiticus as a Test Case  David I. Yoon 12 Miniature Codices in Early Christianity  Michael J. Kruger 13 Marginalia in New Testament Greek Papyri: Implications for Scribal Practice and Textual Transmission  Michael P. Theophilos Conclusion: Paratextual Features: Summary and Prospects  Stanley E. Porter, Chris S. Stevens, and David I. Yoon

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Book SynopsisSupplements to Novum Testamentum publishes monographs and collections of essays that make original contributions to the field of New Testament studies. This includes text-critical, philological and exegetical studies, and investigations which seek to situate early Christian texts (both canonical and non-canonical) and theology in the broader context of Jewish and Graeco-Roman history, culture, religion and literature. The series has published an average of three volumes per year over the last 5 years.Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Abbreviations Part 1: Preliminaries 1 Observations and Resolutions  1.1 The Evidence  1.2 This Study 2 Mapping the Past: The History of Research  2.1 Adolf Deissmann (1892 and Later Developments)  2.2 Mystical Interpretations (1890s until 1930s)  2.3 Ecclesiological Interpretations (1930s and 1940s)  2.4 Differentiation and Generalisation (1930s until 1960s)  2.5 Jewish Backgrounds on the Rise (1960s until 1990s)  2.6 Current Views and Assessments  2.7 Conclusion: A Map of the Past 3 Methodological Re-orientation  3.1 Introduction to Metaphor Theory and Its Usefulness for Interpreting Biblical Texts  3.2 “Being ‘in Christ’” as a Metaphor 4 The Preposition ἐν: “Maid-of-All Work” and Magic Word  4.1 Deissmann’s Fundamental Accomplishments and the Way Forward  4.2 Archaic Period  4.3 Classical Period  4.4 Hellenistic Period  4.5 Imperial Period  4.6 Conclusion and Congruency with Paul  4.7 Ἐν Χριστῷ as Compared to Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν/ἐμοί 5 What’s in a Title? The Meaning of Χριστός and κύριος  5.1 Greek, Roman, and Jewish Naming Practices in the Imperial Period  5.2 Χριστός and κύριος in Paul’s Letters  5.3 Consequences for ἐν Χριστῷ and ἐν κυρίῳ 6 The Argumentative Power of Experience: Baptism as a Ritual  6.1 Classifying Baptism as an Initiation Ritual  6.2 Paul’s Interpretation of the Baptismal Ritual  6.3 Characteristics of the Ritual of Baptism  6.4 Conclusion Part 2: Exegesis Introduction to Part 2 7 In Christ Jesus through Baptism (Gal 3:26, 28)  7.1 The Validity of the Promise (3:15–18)  7.2 The Purpose of the Law (3:19–25)  7.3 Baptism as the Means of Coming to be ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ (3:26–29)  7.4 Sons through God’s Actions by His Son (4:1–7)  7.5 Conclusion 8 In Christ Jesus Because of God (1 Cor 1:30)  8.1 Leading Up to the Letter Body (1:1–9)  8.2 The Argument of 1 Cor 1:10–2:5 9 Living in Christ as a Result of Having Come under His Rulership Who Now Is Also in Them (Rom 6:11; 8:1–2)  9.1 The Present State of the Believers: Rom 6 and 8 within the Overall Frame of the Letter  9.2 The Believers Are Dead to Sin and Living for God in Christ Jesus (6:1–14)  9.3 The Change in Ownership Constitutes a Change in Behaviour with the Result of Eternal Life through Christ Jesus (6:15–7:6)  9.4 The Role of the Law and the Calamity of Sin (Rom 7:7–25)  9.5 The Reciprocal In-ness of Christ and the Believers, and the Spirit and the Believers (8:1–17)  9.6 Conclusion: Being and Living “in Christ Jesus” in Rom 6 and 8 10 Boundaries Crossed and the Pervasive Lordship of Christ (Rom 16:7, 11)  10.1 Becoming ἐν Χριστῷ as Crossing a Barrier (16:7)  10.2 Being ἐν κυρίῳ as Being a Christ-Believer with a Different Lord (16:11) 11 Determined by Christ and His Love (2 Cor 5:17)  11.1 The Basis of Boasting (5:11–13)  11.2 Determined by Christ and His Love (5:14–17)  11.3 Reconciliation Past and Present (5:18–6:2)  11.4 Conclusion 12 Dominated by Christ “My” Lord and Thus Ruling Everything a Loss, So That Eventually God Will Judge “Me” to Be in Christ (Phil 3:9)  12.1 Warning against Evil-Doers (3:1b–4a)  12.2 Paul’s Previously Blameless Life as a Pharisee (3:4b–6)  12.3 The Gain That Knowing Christ Has Brought (3:7–11)  12.4 Running towards the Goal of the Resurrection (3:12–16)  12.5 Conclusion Part 3: Perspectives: “Being ‘in Christ’” among Similar Phenomena Introduction to Part 3 13 More ἐν Χριστῷ: The Power of Paul’s Coined, Catchy, and Sharp Phrasing  13.1 People in Christ Bearing Further Characteristics  13.2 People Performing Activities Similar to “Being ‘in Christ’”  13.3 Abstract Nouns in Christ  13.4 Goods Owned in Christ  13.5 “In Christ” as a Description of Circumstance or Condition  13.6 Observations and Conclusions 14 More Prepositional Phrases: σὺν Χριστῷ, διὰ Χριστοῦ, and Others  14.1 Σὺν Χριστῷ  14.2 Διὰ Χριστοῦ  14.3 Other Prepositional Phrases with Χριστός  14.4 Ἐν πνεύματι  14.5 Comparison and Conclusion 15 More Paul: ἐν Χριστῷ in the Deutero-Pauline Letters  15.1 General Observations  15.2 Colossians: Being in Christ in Light of Cosmic Christology  15.3 Ephesians: Being in Christ as Opposed to Being Separated from Christ  15.4 Second Thessalonians: Sharing in the Glorification of the Name of the Lord Jesus as Those Who Are in Him  15.5 First Timothy: Faith and Love as God’s Gifts Bestowed on Those in Christ Jesus  15.6 Second Timothy: Living in and Gifts Found in Christ Jesus  15.7 Comparison and Conclusion Part 4: Determined by Christ: The Pauline Metaphor “Being ‘in Christ’” 16 Results  16.1 The Key Issues, How They Have Been Dealt With, and a Fresh Approach  16.2 Gal 3:26, 28  16.3 1 Cor 1:30  16.4 Rom 6:11; 8:1–2  16.5 Rom 16:7, 11  16.6 2 Cor 5:17  16.7 Phil 3:9  16.8 Overarching Themes and Observations Appendix: Colon Analyses Bibliography Index

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