Speech-in-Character, Diatribe, and Romans 3:1-9: Who’s Speaking When and Why It Matters

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In Speech-in-Character, Diatribe, and Romans 3:1-9, Justin King focuses on the rhetorical skill of speech-in-character to identify which voice speaks which lines in Paul’s diatribal dialogue in Romans 3:1-9. He then considers this passage’s function in its larger epistolary context. Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 11 List of Illustrations and Tables......Page 13 Chapter 1 Introduction......Page 15 Staging the Project......Page 16 Methodology......Page 21 Significance......Page 23 An Outline: A Preview to the Project......Page 25 Part 1 Speech-in-Character......Page 27 Introduction to Part 1......Page 29 Introduction......Page 33 Analysis: Sermocinatio......Page 34 Analysis: Conformatio......Page 36 Synthesis: Speech-in-Character......Page 38 Introduction......Page 40 Analysis: Fictiones Personarum / Προσωποποιία......Page 41 Summary: Ad Herennium and Quintilian on Speech-in-Character......Page 50 Introduction......Page 52 Analysis: Προσωποποιία......Page 54 Introduction......Page 59 Analysis: ἠθοποιία, προσωποποιία, εἰδωλοποιία......Page 60 Summary: Theon and [Hermogenes] on Speech-in-Character......Page 65 Core Conventions of Speech-in-Character......Page 68 Unique Features of Speech-in-Character......Page 69 Chapter 5 Examples of Speech-in-Character in Paul......Page 72 1 Thessalonians 5:3......Page 77 Galatians 3:8......Page 82 Galatians 4:6......Page 85 1 Corinthians 1:12; 3:4......Page 88 1 Corinthians 12:3......Page 92 1 Corinthians 12:15–16, 21......Page 95 2 Corinthians 12:9......Page 99 Romans 10:6–8......Page 102 Conclusion......Page 109 Part 2 Diatribe......Page 113 Introduction to Part 2......Page 115 Chapter 6 Portrayals of Diatribe......Page 117 Conclusion......Page 138 Chapter 7 Examples of Diatribal Dialogue......Page 143 Teles, Fragment I: Περὶ τοῦ δοκεῖν καὶ τοῦ εἶναι......Page 146 Epictetus, Discourses 2.20: Πρὸς Ἐπικουρείους καὶ Ἀκαδημαϊκούς......Page 152 Epictetus, Discourses 2.23: Περὶ τῆς τοῦ λέγειν δυνάμεως......Page 163 Conclusions......Page 171 Part 3 Romans 3:1–9......Page 175 Introduction to Part 3......Page 177 Chapter 8 Traditional Readings of the Dialogue in Rom 3:1–9 and Its Role in the Letter......Page 179 Pre-Bultmannian Readings of Romans 3:1–9......Page 180 Diatribal Readings that Affirm the Traditional Script of Romans 3:1–9......Page 183 Preliminary Conclusions......Page 201 Non-Diatribal Critique of Traditional Readings......Page 211 Rescriptive Readings of the Dialogue of Romans 3:1–9......Page 213 Preliminary Conclusions......Page 232 Romans 1:1–12......Page 233 Romans 1:13–15......Page 236 Romans 1:16–17......Page 239 Romans 1:18–32......Page 248 Romans 2:1–11......Page 252 Romans 2:12–16......Page 256 Romans 2:17–29......Page 261 Romans 3:1–9......Page 266 Romans 3:1–2......Page 267 Romans 3:3–4......Page 270 Romans 3:5–6......Page 274 Romans 3:7–8......Page 276 Romans 3:9......Page 280 Romans 3:1–9 Rescripted......Page 282 The Reoccurrence of Questions and Themes......Page 288 God’s Inclusive and Universal Promises: Rom 3:1–9 and 9–11......Page 292 A Purpose of Romans......Page 302 Conclusion......Page 306 Chapter 12 Conclusion......Page 308 Bibliography......Page 313 Modern Authors Index......Page 329 Subject and Name Index......Page 332 Ancient Sources Index......Page 335