Pauline Persuasion A Sounding in 2 Corinthians 8-9

This is a book about the use of classical rhetoric in reading Paul. It begins with a useful review of the various strategies, and, in the light of the issues that emerge, it describes a rhetorical method which is then tested on 2 Corinthians 8-9. Here, the advice of the classical rhetorical manuals for constructing a text is used-in reverse order-so as to uncover the persuasive strategy being used by Paul in this case. This technique leads to a quite new reading of the two chapters, which O'Mahony then proceeds to test against the standard work in the field by Hans Dieter Betz.O'Mahony, Kieran is the author of 'Pauline Persuasion A Sounding in 2 Corinthians 8-9' with ISBN 9781841271491 and ISBN 1841271497.