Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period (330 B.C.-A.D. 400) [5/12/2017] Stanley E. Porter

by Stanley E. Porter

This is an introduction to classical rhetoric as it was practised in the Hellenistic period. It provides a description and analysis of the standard categories of thought, terminology, and theoretical and historical developments of classical rhetoric, as well as useful bibliographies. The essays define the major categories of rhetoric, analyze rhetorical practice according to genre of writing, and discuss individual writers in the rhetorical tradition.

Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

About the author

Stanley E. Porter (PhD, University of Sheffield) is president, dean, and professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Wolrdview at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. He has authored or edited dozens of books, including How We Got the New Testament and Fundamentals of New Testament Greek.