{"product_id":"an-encomium-for-jesus-luke-rhetoric-and-the-story-of-jesus-hardcover","title":"An Encomium for Jesus: Luke, Rhetoric, and the Story of Jesus - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerome H. Neyrey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuke's narrative about Jesus followed the conventions for ancient biography. Trained\u003cbr\u003e in rhetoric, Luke employed the genre of the encomium, which regularly used to\u003cbr\u003e showcase biographical aspects of a person's life worthy of honour. An Encomium for\u003cbr\u003e Jesus argues that Luke mastered the genre, its conventional topics, and specific\u003cbr\u003e instructions for composing one.\u003cbr\u003e The usual topics of an encomium served as Luke's template to organize and narrate\u003cbr\u003e the life of Jesus. The first topic, 'origins', displayed Jesus' worth in terms of his\u003cbr\u003e geographical origins (Bethlehem) and generational origins (son of David, heir to his\u003cbr\u003e throne). His genealogy confirms a very noble ancestry. Angels and prophets speak to\u003cbr\u003e the importance of his birth, all conventional items.\u003cbr\u003e Second, Jesus was raised as an observant Israelite: circumcised, dedicated, and an\u003cbr\u003e annual participant at Passover; he customarily attended synagogue. Although\u003cbr\u003e precocious, he lacked training in a familial virtue, which he learned subsequently by\u003cbr\u003e obedience to his parents.\u003cbr\u003e An encomium focused on a person's actions, generally described in terms of the\u003cbr\u003e canonical virtues, wisdom, courage, justice and self-control. Luke adeptly portrayed\u003cbr\u003e Jesus' actions according to these virtues, correctly presuming that his audience would\u003cbr\u003e label this or that action as virtuous, a safe assumption. Jesus was wise in\u003cbr\u003e understanding people, courageous in facing death, just in his teaching, and moderate\u003cbr\u003e in controlling emotional reactions.\u003cbr\u003e An encomium should also speak of a person's death, a conventional feature in funeral\u003cbr\u003e oratory. Luke employed the tradition of the 'noble death' to highlight aspects of\u003cbr\u003e Jesus' death, especially its voluntary and beneficial aspects. Most importantly, he\u003cbr\u003e narrated the many posthumous honours awarded Jesus, as cited in Acts: he did not see\u003cbr\u003e death; God vindicated and enthroned him; and he became the Author of salvation.\u003cbr\u003e Thus Luke composed a conventional Encomium for Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790277247264,"sku":"9781910928738","price":93.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ee4f3b9d0f86e8f8f9ea0b8907a6ad2a.webp?v=1780673541","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-encomium-for-jesus-luke-rhetoric-and-the-story-of-jesus-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}