Titre :	Greek rhetorical origins of Christian faith : an inquiry
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Kinneavy, James L., Auteur
Editeur :	New York : Oxford University Press, Inc
Année de publication :	©1987
Importance :	xi, 186 p.
Présentation :	illustrations
Format :	22 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-19-503735-7
Note générale :	Includes index
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Faith -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Pistis (The Greek word)
Résumé :	What is the true of Christian faith? Are the roots of this concept the same in both the Old and New Testaments? With semantic, historical, and analytic evidence, Kinneavy develops his hypothesis that the origin of some major aspects of the Christian concept of faith - pistis in Greek- can be traced to Greek classical rhetoric. Kinneavy presents his case cumulatively, with each stage differing substantially from
Note de contenu :	pt. 1: An old thesis and a new hypothesis -- pt. 2: The Semantic argument: a possibility -- pt. 3: The historical argument: probability -- pt. 4: The analytical argument: A verification -- pt. 5: A new hypothesis: conclusions, limitations, and further study.

Greek rhetorical origins of Christian faith : an inquiry [texte imprimé] / Kinneavy, James L., Auteur . - New York : Oxford University Press, Inc, ©1987 . - xi, 186 p. : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-19-503735-7
Includes index
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Faith -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Pistis (The Greek word)
Résumé :	What is the true of Christian faith? Are the roots of this concept the same in both the Old and New Testaments? With semantic, historical, and analytic evidence, Kinneavy develops his hypothesis that the origin of some major aspects of the Christian concept of faith - pistis in Greek- can be traced to Greek classical rhetoric. Kinneavy presents his case cumulatively, with each stage differing substantially from
Note de contenu :	pt. 1: An old thesis and a new hypothesis -- pt. 2: The Semantic argument: a possibility -- pt. 3: The historical argument: probability -- pt. 4: The analytical argument: A verification -- pt. 5: A new hypothesis: conclusions, limitations, and further study.