Treatise on Biblical Rhetoric

Treatise on Biblical Rhetoric......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
1. Treatise......Page 14
2. Treatise on rhetoric......Page 16
3. Treatise on biblical rhetoric......Page 17
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BIBLICAL RHETORIC......Page 20
1.1 At the language level......Page 21
1.2 At the speech level......Page 23
1.3 On the level of the whole Bible......Page 27
2. Parataxis......Page 28
1.2 On the speech level......Page 29
1. Outline of the book......Page 33
2. Further details......Page 35
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY......Page 40
Robert LOWTH......Page 41
Christian SCHOETTGEN......Page 42
Jean-Albert BENGEL......Page 43
John JEBB......Page 45
Thomas BOYS......Page 47
Friedrich KOESTER......Page 48
David Heinrich MUELLER......Page 49
Ethelbert William BULLINGER......Page 50
George Buchanan GRAY......Page 51
Charles SOUVAY......Page 52
Albert CONDAMIN......Page 53
Nils Wilhelm LUND......Page 54
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY......Page 56
Marc GIRARD......Page 58
Jan P. FOKKELMAN......Page 59
Part I: Composition......Page 62
2 The Levels of Composition......Page 64
1.2.1 The zero degree of composition......Page 69
1.2.2 Syntactic unit......Page 74
1.3 Definition of the term......Page 81
2. The segment......Page 84
2.1 The unimember segment......Page 85
2.2 The bimember segment......Page 86
2.2.1 The bimember segment with less than four terms......Page 88
2.2.2 The bimember segment with four terms......Page 91
2.2.3 The bimember segment with five terms......Page 92
2.2.4 The segment with six terms......Page 94
2.3 The trimember segment......Page 96
2.3.1 Type ABC......Page 97
2.3.2 Type AA’B......Page 98
2.3.4 Type ABA’......Page 99
3. The piece......Page 100
3.2.1 Two unimembers (i. e. 2 members)......Page 102
3.2.3 Two bimembers (i. e. 4 members)......Page 103
3.2.5 A trimember and a bimember (i. e. 5 members)......Page 105
3.3.1 Two unimembers and one bimember (i. e. 4 members)......Page 106
3.3.3 A unimember, a trimember and a bimember (6 members)......Page 107
3.3.4 Three bimembers (i. e. six members)......Page 108
3.3.5 A bimember, a trimember and a bimember (7 members)......Page 111
3.3.6 Two trimembers and a bimember (i. e. 8 members)......Page 112
3.3.7 Three trimembers (i. e. 9 members)......Page 113
4. The part......Page 114
4.1 The part that has one piece......Page 115
4.2.1 Ps 113:5b-9......Page 116
4.3.1 Psalm 113:1b-4......Page 117
4.3.3 Gal 4:15-16......Page 119
4.4 The part comprising two sub-parts......Page 120
4.5 The part composed of three sub-parts......Page 121
1. The passage......Page 122
1.1 The passage containing one part......Page 124
1.2.1 Amos 8:1-3......Page 125
1.2.2 Psalm 113......Page 127
1.2.3 Gal 4:12-20......Page 129
2.2 The sequence with several passages......Page 131
3. The section......Page 134
4. The book......Page 135
6. Between the two Testaments......Page 137
By way of conclusion: multiplicity of structures......Page 138
3 The Figures of Composition......Page 142
1.1 Parallel composition......Page 143
2. Partial symmetries......Page 144
A. TOTAL SYMMETRIES......Page 147
1.1.1 The segment......Page 148
1.1.2 The piece......Page 150
1.1.3 The part......Page 152
1.1.4 The passage......Page 154
1.1.5 The sequence......Page 156
1.1.6 The section......Page 157
1.2.1 Segments......Page 158
1.2.2 Pieces......Page 159
1.2.3 Parts......Page 161
1.2.4 Passages......Page 162
1.2.5 Sequences......Page 163
1.2.6 Sections......Page 164
2.1.1 The segment......Page 165
2.1.2 The piece......Page 169
2.1.3 The part......Page 170
2.1.6 The section......Page 171
2.2.1 Segments......Page 172
2.2.3 Parts......Page 173
2.2.5 Sequences......Page 175
3.0 The most elementary form......Page 176
3.1.1 The bimember segment with five terms......Page 177
3.2 The piece......Page 179
3.3 The part......Page 180
3.4 The passage......Page 181
3.6 The section......Page 182
4.2 Sections and subsections......Page 183
4.4 The passages......Page 184
4.5 Parts and sub-parts......Page 185
1. Initial terms......Page 186
2. Final terms......Page 189
3. Extreme terms......Page 190
4. Median terms......Page 191
5. Central terms......Page 193
6. Combined partial symmetries......Page 195
BY WAY OF CONCLUSION: CONVERGING CRITERIA......Page 196
1. A story almost as old as that of writing......Page 200
2. So why lay down rules?......Page 203
3. Rewritings, in the plural......Page 204
4. Some basic principles......Page 206
1.1 One member per line, generally......Page 207
1.2 The principle of vertical alignments......Page 208
1.3 Changes of typeface......Page 209
1.4 Signs or letters coming before members or terms......Page 210
2.2 The relations perceived on one level are not so on a higher level......Page 212
2.3 Simultaneously viewing relations between members and between segments......Page 214
3.1 Discontinuous lines marking out the pieces......Page 215
3.2 Light (medium) lines to separate sub-parts......Page 216
4.1 A frame for every part......Page 219
4.2 “Sub-frames” for sub-parts......Page 221
4.3 An exception to the rule of frames......Page 222
5.1 An initial plan......Page 223
5.2 Rewriting sub-sequences and sequences......Page 225
5.3 A final plan, if need be......Page 229
6.1 General plan......Page 231
6.2 “Synopses”for the sequences......Page 232
7. The book......Page 233
C. PLACING AS A COMMON FACTOR......Page 234
1. The segment......Page 236
2. The piece......Page 237
4. The sequence......Page 238
BY WAY OF CONCLUSION......Page 240
Part II: Context......Page 244
1. The syntactic context......Page 248
2. The rhetorical context......Page 251
1. Inside the segment......Page 254
2. Inside the piece......Page 255
3. Inside the part......Page 256
4. Inside the passage......Page 257
5. Inside the sequence......Page 259
6. Inside the section......Page 262
7. Inside the book......Page 263
8. Between the books......Page 264
6 Intertext......Page 266
1. The explicit quotation......Page 269
1.1 The reference to a particular passage......Page 271
1.3 The reference to a corpus......Page 272
1.5 The combined quotations......Page 273
2. The reference......Page 274
2.1 General reference......Page 275
2.3 Discreet reference......Page 276
3. The implicit quotation......Page 277
3.1 Repeating a whole sentence......Page 279
3.3 Repeating a word......Page 280
4.1 Allusions marked by verbal repetitions......Page 281
1. On the level of the passage......Page 285
2. On the level of the sequence......Page 286
3. On the level of the section......Page 289
4. On the level of the book......Page 290
7 The Center of Concentric Constructions......Page 292
A. THE QUESTION AT THE CENTRE......Page 293
1. Some data......Page 294
2.1 In the book of Amos......Page 295
2.2 In Luke’s gospel......Page 297
2.3 In the centre of the Gospel of Mark, a question......Page 302
1. The explicit quotation......Page 304
2. The reference......Page 305
3. The implicit quotation......Page 306
4. The Allusion......Page 309
C. THE PARABLE AT THE CENTRE......Page 311
1. How does one identify parables?......Page 312
2. Parable and question......Page 313
3. Parts and passages focused on a parable......Page 318
4.Sequences focused on parables......Page 319
5. The centre of sequences......Page 320
6. A section focused on a group of parables......Page 321
Part III: Interpretation......Page 324
A. TEXTUAL CRITICISM......Page 326
1. Choosing between variant readings......Page 328
2. Text to be considered as an addition......Page 330
3. Text to be considered as an omission......Page 332
B. PUNCTUATION......Page 335
C. TRANSLATION......Page 338
1. Relevant lexical occurrences......Page 340
2. The order of words and syntactic constructions......Page 342
A. THE PATRON OF INTERPRETERS......Page 348
B. FIVE HERMENEUTIC RULES......Page 350
1. Looking for the difference......Page 351
Luke 6:27-28......Page 352
Matt 27:62–28:20......Page 354
Luke 11:31-32......Page 355
Luke 15:3-10......Page 356
Luke 15:11-32......Page 358
Exod 20:8-12......Page 359
Gal 4:1-20......Page 361
Amos 1:3–2:3......Page 363
Mark 10......Page 364
Ps 113......Page 367
4. Following the red thread......Page 368
Luke 15:11-32: the red thread of the gift......Page 369
Mark 10: blindness......Page 370
Luke 15:11-32: the gift and the filiation......Page 373
Mark 10:35-52: blindness and real power......Page 374
Amos 7:7–8:3: the end, the breaking off and fidelity......Page 376
C. THE LAWS WORK TOGETHER......Page 378
10 Intertext and Interpretation......Page 384
Amos 1:3–2:3......Page 386
Luke 1:59-64......Page 387
Luke 3:15-17......Page 389
Matt 20:1-15......Page 391
Amos 1–2......Page 392
Matt 20:25......Page 393
Luke 2:21-40: Jesus fulfils the commandments of the Law......Page 395
Luke 2:21-40: in Jesus the prophecies are fulfilled......Page 397
Luke 3:1-20: the coming of the Redeemer......Page 398
Luke 5:17–6:11......Page 400
Two births......Page 404
The new Adam, according to Saint Paul......Page 405
The figure of Abel (Matt 26:57–27:26)......Page 406
11 The Gift of Interpretation......Page 410
2. INTERPRETERS’ GIFTS......Page 414
3. INTERPRETATION IS RECEIVED......Page 416
4. THE GIFT OF INTERPRETATION......Page 417
Verifying the laws of biblical rhetoric......Page 420
Other laws yet to be established......Page 423
Other laws to be discovered......Page 425
B. RHETORIC, RHETORICS......Page 426
Hebrew rhetoric and Semitic rhetoric......Page 427
Biblical rhetoric and/or Greek rhetoric......Page 428
Oral rhetoric?......Page 431
And what about others...?......Page 432
Assessing multi-structured texts......Page 436
Analyse whole books especially......Page 437
Need for exercises......Page 438
Specialized collections......Page 439
...linked with others......Page 440
The conferences of the RBS......Page 441
Conclusion......Page 442
Bibliography......Page 448
Index of authors......Page 458
Index of biblical references......Page 462
Index of technical terms......Page 474