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The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Vernon Kay Robbins
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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In this original study, Vernon Robbins expounds and develops his system of socio-rhetorical criticism, bringing together social-scientific and literary-critical
The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Vernon K. Robbins
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-11-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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This study establishes a concept of culture and then combines it with Geertz' anthropological concept of thick description. Subsequently, the relation of texts
Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Averil Cameron
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the medieval world. In asking how Christianity succeeded in beco
Fabrics of Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Vernon Kay Robbins
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-11-15 - Publisher: A&C Black

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Honors the great range and penetrating insights of Vernon Robbins' work.
The Intertexture of Apocalyptic Discourse in the New Testament
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: Duane Frederick Watson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: BRILL

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These essays examine the intertexture of apocalyptic discourse in the New Testament: what the discourse represents, refers to, and uses of outside phenomena. In