Paul as infant and nursing mother : metaphor, rhetoric, and identity in 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8

Paul as infant and nursing mother : metaphor, rhetoric, and identity in 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8 /

This book employs cognitive metaphor theory and social identity analysis to argue that Pauls infant and nurse metaphors serve his letters rhetorical goals by emphasizing his trustworthiness and creating a kinship relationship among community members and between Paul and the Thessalonians.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: McNeel, Jennifer Houston (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Atlanta : SBL Press, 2014
Series:Early Christianity and its literature ; no. 12.
Subjects:
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint.
Bible. > Thessalonians, 1st, II, 5-8 > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Metaphor in the Bible.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Metaphor as Rhetorical Strategy
  • 2. Establishing the Text, Grammar, and Translation of 1 Thessalonians 2
  • 3. Historical and Social Backgrounds of the Infant and Nurse Metaphors
  • 4. Literary Background of the Infant and Nurse Metaphors
  • 5. Paul as Infant and Nursing Mother among the Thessalonians
  • 6. The Metaphors, the Letters, and Paul the Apostle
  • Bibliography
  • Ancient Sources Index
  • Modern Authors Index
  • Subject Index.

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