Hearing Kyriotic Sonship: A Cognitive and Rhetorical Approach to the Characterization of Mark's Jesus
Sep 2016 · BRILL
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In Hearing Kyriotic Sonship Michael Whitenton explores first-century audience impressions of Mark’s Jesus in light of ancient rhetoric and modern cognitive science. Commonly understood as neither divine nor Davidic, Mark’s Jesus appears here as the functional equivalent to both Israel’s god and her Davidic king. The dynamics of ancient performance and the implicit rhetoric of the narrative combine to subtly alter listeners’ perspectives of Jesus.
Previous approaches have routinely viewed Mark’s Jesus as neither divine nor Davidic largely on the basis of a lack of explicit affirmations. Drawing our attention to the mechanics of inference generation and narrative persuasion, Whitenton shows us that ancient listeners probably inferred much about Mark’s Jesus that is not made explicit in the narrative.
Previous approaches have routinely viewed Mark’s Jesus as neither divine nor Davidic largely on the basis of a lack of explicit affirmations. Drawing our attention to the mechanics of inference generation and narrative persuasion, Whitenton shows us that ancient listeners probably inferred much about Mark’s Jesus that is not made explicit in the narrative.
In Hearing Kyriotic Sonship Michael Whitenton explores first-century audience impressions of Mark’s Jesus in light of ancient rhetoric and modern cognitive science. Commonly understood as neither divine nor Davidic, Mark’s Jesus appears here as the functional equivalent to both Israel’s god and h...
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Michael R. Whitenton, Ph.D. (2015), Baylor University, is a Lecturer at Baylor University. He has published in top journals on cognitive and rhetorical approaches to the gospels and is currently completing Configuring Nicodemus: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Complex Characterization (Bloomsbury, 2018).
Michael R. Whitenton, Ph.D. (2015), Baylor University, is a Lecturer at Baylor University. He has published in top journals on cognitive and rhetorical approaches to the gospels and is currently completing Configuring Nicodemus: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Complex Characterization (Bloomsbur...
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