Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period (330 B.C.- A.D. 400)

This detailed reference work provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging introduction to classical rhetoric as it was practised in the hellenistic period (330 B.C.-A.D.400). In three sections, it provides a thorough description and analysis of the standard categories of thought, terminology, and theoretical and historical developments of classical rhetoric, as well as providing useful bibliographies. The three sections of essays define the major categories of rhetoric, analyze rhetorical practice according to genre of writing, and treat individual writers in the rhetorical tradition. 27 international scholars from a wide range of backgrounds have contributed to this high-quality publication, which provides an state-of-the-art overview of the current research and will from the basis of future explorations. Students of the rhetoric of the New Testament, the hellenistic period, the classical period and the patristic era will all find this volume useful and insightful, as will those with general interests in these subjects. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction, Stanley E. Porter Part I: Rhetoric Defined 1. Historical Survey of Rhetoric, George A. Kennedy 2. The Genres of Rhetoric, George A. Kennedy 3. Arrangement, Wilhelm Wuellner 4. Invention, Malcolm Heath 5. Style, Galen O. Rowe 6. Delivery and Memory, Thomas H. Olbricht Part II: Rhetoric in Practice 7. The Epistle, Jeffrey T. Reed 8. Philosophical Prose, Dirk M. Schenkeveld 9. Historical Prose, Stefan Rebenich 10. Poetry and Rhetoric, Ruth Webb 11. Biography, Richard A. Burridge 12. Oratory and Declamation, D.H. Berry and Malcolm Heath 13. Homily and Panegyrical Sermon, Folker Siegert 14. The Rhetoric of Romance, Ronald F. Hock 15. Apocalyptic and Prophetic Literature, Jonathan M. Knight 16. Drama and Rhetoric, Ruth Scodel Part III: Individual Writers and the Rhetorical Tradition 17. The Gospels and Acts, Richard A. Burridge 18. Paul of Tarsus and His Letters, Stanley E. Porter 19. The General New Testament Writings, Lauri Thurén 20. The Johannine Writings, Dennis L. Stamps 21. The Greek Christian Writers, Wolfram Kinzig 22. The Latin Church Fathers, Philip E. Satterthwaite 23. Philo of Alexandria, Thomas M. Conley 24. Plutarch, Hubert M. Martin, Jr. 25. The Rhetoric of Josephus, Donna R. Runnalls 26. Cynics and Rhetoric, Ronald F. Hock 27. Translations of the Old Testament. I: Greek, John A.L. Lee / II: Latin, Kevin H. Lee 28. Rhetoric in the Christian Apocrypha, Richard I. Pervo 29. The Rhetoric of Inscriptions, Edwin A. Judge Index of Ancient Authors Index of Modern Authors

About the Author :
Stanley E. Porter, Ph.D. (1988) in Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, is Professor and Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Roehampton Institute, London. He has published extensively in New Testament studies, including rhetoric.

Review :
'...Porter's handbook is a most valuable resource...For this weighty achievement the editor, the contributors, and the publisher are to be congratulated.' John T. Kirby, Bryn Mawr Classical Review.