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The Purpose of Rhetoric in Late Antiquity

From Performance to Exegesis
[Der Gebrauch von Rhetorik in der Spätantike. Vom Vollzug zur Exegese.]
2013. XI, 265 pages.
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  • 978-3-16-152269-7
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Summary
Were religious, cultural and political issues fought in the rhetorical arena in Late Antiquity? Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas brings together twelve essays that deal with the role and importance of rhetoric in this period and explains how it was used as a hermeneutical, persuasive and exegetical tool.

Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity (STAC)