Speech-in-Character, Diatribe, and Romans 3:1-9

Justin King, Ph.D. (2016), Baylor University, teaches at Baylor University. He has published peer-reviewed articles, including “Rhetorical Chain-Link Construction and the Relationship between Romans 7:1-6 and 7:7-8:39” (JSNT, 2017).

• AcknowledgmentsList of Illustrations and Tables1 IntroductionStaging the ProjectMethodologySignificanceAn Outline: A Preview to the ProjectPart 1: Speech-in-CharacterIntroduction to Part 12 Speech-in-Character in the Rhetorical HandbooksPseudo-Cicero: Rhetorica ad HerenniumQuintilian: Institutio OratoriaSummary: Ad Herennium and Quintilian on Speech-in-Character3 Speech-in-Character in the ProgymnasmataTheon: Προγυμνάσματα[Hermogenes]: ΠρογυμνάσματαSummary: Theon and [Hermogenes] on Speech-in-Character4 Speech-in-Character: A SynthesisCore Conventions of Speech-in-Character Unique Features of Speech-in-Character5 Examples of Speech-in-Character in PaulExamples of Speech-in-Character in PaulConclusionPart 2: DiatribeIntroduction to Part 26 Portrayals of DiatribeConclusion7 Examples of Diatribal DialogueIntroductionDialogue and Attributed Speech in Primary Sources for DiatribeConclusionsPart 3: Romans 3:1–9Introduction to Part 38 Traditional Readings of the Dialogue in Rom 3:1–9 and Its Role in the LetterPre-Bultmannian Readings of Romans 3:1–9Diatribal Readings that Affirm the Traditional Script of Romans 3:1–9Preliminary Conclusions9 Rescriptive Readings of the Dialogue in Romans 3:1–9 and Its Role in the LetterNon-Diatribal Critique of Traditional ReadingsRescriptive Readings of the Dialogue of Romans 3:1–9Preliminary Conclusions10 Romans 1–2: The Ethnically Inclusive and Impartial Gospel and the Characterization of the InterlocutorRomans 1:1–12Romans 1:13–15Romans 1:16–17Romans 1:18–32Romans 2Romans 2:1–11Romans 2:12–16Romans 2:17–2911 Romans 3:1–9 and the Argument of RomansRomans 3:1–9Romans 3:1–9 and the Remainder of RomansConclusion12 ConclusionBibliographyIndex