What's in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament

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© 2009 by Baylor University Press Waco, Texas 76798-7363 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of Baylor University Press. Scripture quotations, where not an author’s own translation, are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover Design by Jeremy Reiss, J.Reiss Design Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Witherington, Ben, 1951What ’s in the Word : rethinking the socio-rhetorical character of the New Testament / Ben Witherington III. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-60258-196-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Bible. N.T.--Socio-rhetorical criticism. I. Title. BS2380.W58 2009 225.6--dc22 2009003944 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper with a minimum of 30% pcw recycled content. To my friends and colleagues at MacQuarie University: Edwin, Alanna, Chris, Don, Samuel, Stephen, and now Larry. Thanks to you all for the good stimulus, fellowship, and scholarship over many years. ...