TY - BOOK ID - 137011791 TI - Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection PY - 2023 SN - 9789004527904 9004527907 9789004527911 9004527915 PB - Leiden ;Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Rhetoric, Ancient KW - Understatement KW - Resurrection KW - Bible KW - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137011791 AB - "Have you ever wondered why Paul leaves the resurrection discussion in 1 Corinthians 15 for the end of the letter? Have you pondered how 1 Corinthians 15 functions as the climax to 1 Corinthians? This book answers those questions by exploring insinuatio, the Greco-Roman rhetorical convention used to address prejudiced or controversial topics-like resurrection-at the end of a discourse. This is the most thorough treatment of insinuatio in Biblical and Classical studies to date. It examines the Greco-Roman rhetorical handbooks and speeches on insinuatio, compares them to what Paul does in 1 Corinthians 15, and finds that this was precisely Paul's rhetorical strategy in 1 Corinthians"-- ER -