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Wrestling with Rationality in Paul
Romans 1-8 in a New Perspective

Part of Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

  • Date Published: October 2005
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521018838

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  • Spanning a variety of disciplines, this 1995 enquiry focuses on one particular Pauline characteristic: the apostle's habit of making matters of faith the object of logical appraisal. A tracing of the elliptical patterns of argument in Romans 1-8 illustrates this habit and, at the same time, displays how Paul's vigorous persistence in it seems often not to be matched by the solidity, or at any rate the lucidity, of his logic. By viewing Paul against the background of semiology, more especially the semiological theory of Umberto Eco, new light is shed on the genesis of Paul's reasoning. The discussion which ensues is marked by an interesting and productive combination of modern linguistics and classical logic. Moreover, the singular potential of today's techniques of 'fuzzy' logical analysis for measuring the intellectual muscle of Paul's argumentation is brought out dramatically by the uniqueness of his semiological situation. His rationality takes on a new face.

    • A brilliant combination of literary theory and classical logical analysis
    • Brings the semiosis of Umberto Eco into dialogue with biblical studies
    • Put an entirely new perspective on the riddling argumentation of the Letter to the Romans
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    • Date Published: October 2005
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521018838
    • length: 228 pages
    • dimensions: 217 x 139 x 15 mm
    • weight: 0.306kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Acknowledgements
    Introduction
    1. Enthymematic semiosis in Paul
    2. Varieties of enthymematic effect in Romans 1-4
    3. Ways in which enthymemes arise in Romans 5-7
    4. How enthymematic argument stands in Romans 8
    5. Knowing what tune Paul is playing
    Conclusion
    Bibliography
    Index of names
    Index of technical terms.

  • Author

    John D. Moores, University College London

    General Editor

    Margaret E. Thrall

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