Authors of New Testament texts employed rhetorical strategies and devices in attempting to shape the behaviors of individuals and the culture of the earliest Christian communities. Shively T. J. Smith ...
Providing an overview of the critical approaches and methods currently applied to the study of biblical texts, it also includes chapters on each of the writings in the New Testament. The volume serves ...
Guy Prentiss Waters (PhD, Duke University) is James M. Baird Jr. Professor of New Testament and academic dean at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson. He is the author or editor of fifteen books and ...