Vernon K. Robbins is Professor of New Testament and Comparative Sacred Text in the Department and Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University.
Bruton L. Mack is John Wesley Professor Emeritus in early Christianity at the Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California.
Patterns of Persuasion in the Gospels will open the next stage in
Synoptic studies. Mack and Robbins have returned synoptic criticism
to the road it missed when Bultmann and Dibelius decided to ingnore
Greco-Roman education and rhetoric. Starting from a sophisticated
and detailed study of what the rhetorical handbooks say about the
elaboratioin of chreiai, they illuminate the most basic techniques
and logic which the Gospel writers used in developing the Jesus
traditions. It is required reading for everyone with a serious
interest in the critical study of the Gospels.
--Stanley K. Stowers, Brown Univeristy
Author of Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Authority An impressive,
programmatic argument, which successfully challenges conventional
approaches to the Jesus tradition. It demonstrates the relevance of
Hellenistic rhetorical theory for composition analysis of the
sayings tradition. A groundbreaking study, which all serious
students of the gospels must consider.
--David E. Aune, St. Xavier College
Author of The New Testament in Its Literary Environment In this
important new book, Mack and Robbins have clarified the patterns of
persuasion that form the social, historical, and narrative worlds
of the earliest Christians. All those who want a hands-on manual
for studying the characters, stories, and argumentation of
scripture will welcome this learned discussion of primary texts.
Highly recommended for any person who is serious about
understanding the Bible.
- Ron Cameron, Wesleyan University
Author of The Other Gospels
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