The New Testament And Greco-Roman Rhetoric: A Bibliographical Update -- By: Duane F. Watson

Journal: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Volume: JETS 33:4 (Dec 1990)
Article: The New Testament And Greco-Roman Rhetoric: A Bibliographical Update
Author: Duane F. Watson


The New Testament And Greco-Roman Rhetoric:
A Bibliographical Update

Duane F. Watson*

Rhetorical criticism continues to grow as a subdiscipline of Biblical studies. As the rhetorical discipline defines itself more precise]y, as more sources come to light in new studies, and as new works themselves proliferate, the need for collecting bibliographical references mounts. The following bibliography pertaining to NT rhetoric supplements and updates the one offered in JETS 31/4 (December 1988) 465–472.

I. Ancient Rhetorical Theory: Primary Sources

Aphthonius. “The Progymnasmata of Aphthonius: In Translation.” Translated by Ray Nadeau. Speech Monographs 19 (1952) 264-285.

Benson, Thomas W., and Michael H. Prosser, eds. Readings in Classical Rhetoric. Davis: Hermagorus, 1988 reprint (Allyn and Bacon, 1969; Indiana University, 1972).

Butts, James R. “The Progymnasmata of Theon. A New Text with Translation and Commentary.” Dissertation, Claremont Graduate School, 1987.

Meador, Prentice A., Jr. “Minucian, On Epicheiremes: An Introduction and a Translation.” Speech Monographs 31 (1964) 54-63.

II. The Role Of Rhetoric In The Greco-Roman World

Barthes, Roland. “L’ancienne rhétorique.” Communications 16 (1970) 172-229.

Clark, D. L. “Imitation: Theory and Practice in Roman Rhetoric.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 37 (1951) 11-22.

Classen, C. J. Recht-Rhetorik-Politik: Untersuchungen zu Ciceros rhetorischer Strategie. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche, 1985.

Colson, F. H. “Quintilian 1.9 and the ‘Chria’ in Ancient Education.” Classical Review 35 (1921) 150-154.

Conley, Thomas M. “The Enthymeme in Perspective.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 70 (1984) 168-187.

* Duane Watson is assistant professor of New Testament and Greek at Malone College in Canton, Ohio.

Duncan, Thomas S. “Gorgias’ Theories of Art.” Classical Journal 33 (1938) 402-415.

Fehling, Detlev. “Zur Funktion und Formgeschichte des Proömiums in der älteren griechischen Prosa.” ΔΩPHMA: Dauer und Überleben des antiken Geistes. Athens: Griechische Humanistische Gesellschaft, 1975, 61–75.

Fiske, G. C. Lucilius and Horace: A Study in the Classical Theory of Imitation. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1920; reprint, Greenwood, 1971.

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