The 'Powers' of Personification
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The 'Powers' of Personification

Rhetorical Purpose in the 'Book of Wisdom' and the Letter to the Romans

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The 'Powers' of Personification

Rhetorical Purpose in the 'Book of Wisdom' and the Letter to the Romans

About this book

While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them. Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification in relation to its nature as either a rhetorical device or a supernatural power. The "Powers" of Personification seeks to push beyond this debate by evaluating the evidence in a different light – that of its purpose within the overall use of personification in the respective work and in comparison with another piece of contemporaneous theological literature.

This book proposes that the authors of Wisdom and Romans employ personification to distance God from the origin of evil, to deflect attention away from the problem of righteous suffering to the positive sides of the experience, or to defer the solution for the suffering of the righteous to the future.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9783110209761
eBook ISBN
9783110209778
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Ancient Religion

Table of contents

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: Theme, History of Research, Approach
  4. Chapter 1. Definitions and Specifications for Personification
  5. Chapter 2. The Purposes of Personification
  6. Section II: Introduction
  7. Chapter 3. The Personification of Death in Wisdom
  8. Chapter 4. The Personification of Creation in Wisdom
  9. Chapter 5. The Personification of Logos
  10. Chapter 6. The Personification of Wrath
  11. Chapter 7. The Personifications of Wisdom
  12. Section II: Summary and Synthesis
  13. Section III: Introduction
  14. Chapter 8. The Personifications of Sin and Death
  15. Chapter 9. The Personification of the Law
  16. Chapter 10. The Personifications of Grace and Righteousness
  17. Chapter 11. The Personification of Creation and the Power of the Spirit
  18. Section III: Summary and Synthesis
  19. Section IV: Introduction
  20. Chapter 12. The Personifications of Evil in Wisdom and Romans
  21. Chapter 13. The Personifications of Creation in Wisdom and Romans
  22. Chapter 14. Common Thread
  23. Section IV: Conclusion
  24. Backmatter