S18-127

Rhetoric and the New Testament
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Meeting Room 18
Rhetorical analysis of the New Testament

James D. Hester, Journal for the Study of Rhetorical Criticism of the New Testament, Presiding

B. Diane Wudel Lipsett, Wake Forest University
Matthew's Antitheses: Hyperbole and its Ambiguous Surplus (30 min)
Paul Borgman, Gordon College
The Orally-Based Rhetoric of Luke-Acts, With A Glance at Homer (30 min)
Dale Sullivan, North Dakota State University
St. Paul's Therapy of Desire (30 min)
Timothy Luckritz Marquis, Yale University
Keep Your Distance: The Rhetoric of Travel and Patronage in Horace and Paul [Epistles 1.7 and 2 Corinthians 1-9] (30 min)
Kathy Barrett Dawson, Duke University
Reading Galatians 4:12-20 as Rhetorical Parody: Paul’s Reinterpretation of Pentateuchal Demands for Obedience to the Law (30 min)

S20-31

Rhetoric and the New Testament
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Monday, November 20, 2006
145A
Vernon Robbins's Exploring the Texture of Texts and The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse (1996-2006)

C. Jan Swearingen, Texas A&M University, Presiding

David B. Gowler, Emory University
The End of the Beginning: The Development of Socio-Rhetorical Criticism, 1975-1996 (20 min)
J. David Hester (Amador), Centre for Rhetorics & Hermeneutics
The Intertextual Textures of Vernon Robbins (20 min)
H. von Thaden, Jr., Mercyhurst College
A Blended Tapestry: Seeing 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 through Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation (20 min)
April D. Deconick, Illinois Wesleyan University
Ideology concerns Discourse: Inspiring Ideas from Vernon Robbins about Early Christian Tapestries, Textures and Pre-gospel Traditions (20 min)
Clarice J. Martin, Colgate University
Romancing the Eunuch: The Future of Socio-Rhetorical Criticism (20 min)
Vernon Robbins, Emory University, Respondent (20 min)
Discussion (30 min)

S20-76

Rhetoric and the New Testament
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Monday, November 20, 2006
146A
The Use of the New Testament in Contemporary Political Rhetoric

Thomas Olbricht, Pepperdine University, Presiding

C. Jan Swearingen, Texas A&M University
From Rome to Washington and Back Again (30 min)
Roland T. Boer, Monash University
Political Myth, or, the Antinomies of Christian Zionism (30 min)
Martin Medhurst, Baylor University
Political Proof Texts: Rhetorical Functions of the New Testament in American Presidential Discourse (30 min)
Khalil E. Jahshan, Pepperdine University, Seaver College
Christian Soldiers: Religion as a Political Mobilizational Tool in Contemporary American Politics (30 min)
Discussion (30 min)