Vivid rhetoric and visual persuasion : ekphrasis in early Christian literature / edited by Meghan Henning and Nils Neumann.

Other author Henning, Meghan, 1982- editor.
Other author Neumann, Nils, 1975- editor.
Format Book
PublicationGrand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024.
Descriptionx, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents "Before the eyes": a history of vivid rhetoric and ekphrasis in the New Testament / Maghan Henning and Nils Neumann -- Experiencing deadly peril: vivid rhetoric in the account of Jesus walking on the sea (Matthew 14:22-33) / Nils Neumann -- Apocalyptic ekphrasis and the afterlife in Matthew 25: vividness, verisimilitude, and mixed messages / Meghan Henning -- Images of women: a study on vivid Christology in Luke-Acts / Gudrun Nassauer -- Seeing creation of God's divine plan: unseeable being becomes visible in John 1 / Vernon K. Robbins -- Visualizing the resurrection of Lazarus: human senses and vivid rhetoric in John 11 / Sunny Kuan-Hui Wang -- Vivid description in the narrative of Luke-Acts: possibility, patterns, and purposes / Bart B. Bruehler -- Architexture and medialized presence: Jerusalem and its temples in Acts 21:27-30 and Ephesians 2:14 / Annette Weissenrieder with Martina Kepper -- Of walls, temples, and long journeys: image and emotion in the conversion narrative of Ephesians 2:11-22 / Gary S. Selby -- Vivid vignettes: lakes of fire, grotesque feasts, and the idea of hell in Revelation 19:17-21 / Robyn J. Whitaker -- Topographies of conduct? Ethical implications of the ekphrastic description of Jerusalem in Revelation 21 / Susanne Luther -- Making a spectacle: vivid spatiality and early Christian martyrology / Harry O. Maier -- Experience of martyrdom: immersion, and lack thereof, in Pontius's Life of Cyprian / Also Tagliabue -- Salvific suspense: cinematic ekphrasis in Paulinus of Nola's Natalicium of 401 / Diane Fruchtman.
Abstract "A collection of essays exploring vivid visual rhetoric in early Christian literature"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2023030893
ISBN9780802883575
ISBN0802883575
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