Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

corpus-paul - Re: Values Argumentation

corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Corpus-Paul

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Stephen.Finlan" <Stephen.Finlan AT durham.ac.uk>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Values Argumentation
  • Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 06:56:22 +0100


> calls the "universal audience." The "universal audience" is in fact a
> creation of the mind of the speaker, his conception of an audience most
> reasonable and most competent with respect to the issues under discussion.

Yes, I use that kind of reasoning frequently.

> slavery would be socio-political and not theological in origin.

I would say both. If Paul is talking about what God is doing,
then a socio-political metaphor becomes theological.

> I agree with Stephen that Jewish hearers of the letter might hear the
> resonance of Exodus ideology in the slave metaphor, but that would be
> because of their universal audience and not the one found in the letter.

You seem to be assuming that Paul is assuming that he is writing
for a purely Gentile audience. His scriptural arguments, though, would
only be effective if there were some Jews among the readership, who
could explain the scriptural references to the others. His letter
is probably meant to stimulate discussion of what God has done
in fulfillment of the scriptures.

> archive of papers at rhetjournal.uor.edu, "Rhetoric and the Composition of

Thanks, when I get a chance. Quite busy now. Will be flying
to San Francisco in a few days to visit family.

Stephen Finlan
University of Durham




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page