{"product_id":"rhetoric-in-the-monastic-tradition-9781433117978","title":"Rhetoric in the Monastic Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhetoric in the Monastic Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of test cases in rhetorical theory. John P. Bequette explores several important texts from the Western monastic tradition through the lens of ancient rhetoric, using the figures and \u003ci\u003etopica\u003c\/i\u003e of the Roman rhetorical tradition to exposit the texts in all their depth. This tradition, filtered through Augustine's \u003ci\u003eDe Doctrina Christiana,\u003c\/i\u003e provides a useful hermeneutic to unlock the inexhaustible riches of the texts that comprise the monastic tradition from 500 to 1100 A.D. Each chapter focuses on a specific text to understand the relationship between human language and divine revelation as expressed by the monastic author in question. Texts include the \u003ci\u003eRule\u003c\/i\u003e of St. Benedict, Bede's \u003ci\u003eAdvent Homily on Mark 1:4-8, \u003c\/i\u003e Anselm's \u003ci\u003eLetter to Lanzo, \u003c\/i\u003e Peter Damian's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of The Lord Be with You,\u003c\/i\u003e and sermons thirty-five through thirty-eight of Bernard of Clairvaux's \u003ci\u003eSermons on the Song of Songs.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039545196887,"sku":"9781433117978","price":61.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433117978.jpg?v=1750944032","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rhetoric-in-the-monastic-tradition-9781433117978","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}