Is Hebrews 5:11-6:20 Really a Disgression?
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This study challenges the view that Heb 5:11-6:20 is a “digression”—a view so widely held as to be a near consensus in scholarship today, and a view that renders the controversial materials of chapter six tangential to the central purposes of the speech. The study gives consideration to ancient rhetorical theory concerning digressio, surveying the major handbooks that discuss the figure. On the basis of this survey, the study argues that only Heb 5:11-14 displays the essential characteristics of digressio. Moreover, in its position and function, this digressio actually points to the controversial materials of chapter six as central to the speech’s cause.
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H. Lausberg, Handbook of Literary Rhetoric: A Foundation for Literary Study (ed. D.E. Orton and R.D. Anderson; Leiden: Brill, 1998) §§ 340-342.
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Is Hebrews 5:11-6:20 Really a Disgression?
In: Novum TestamentumSearch for other papers by Ron Guzmán in
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Search for other papers by Michael W. Martin in
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This study challenges the view that Heb 5:11-6:20 is a “digression”—a view so widely held as to be a near consensus in scholarship today, and a view that renders the controversial materials of chapter six tangential to the central purposes of the speech. The study gives consideration to ancient rhetorical theory concerning digressio, surveying the major handbooks that discuss the figure. On the basis of this survey, the study argues that only Heb 5:11-14 displays the essential characteristics of digressio. Moreover, in its position and function, this digressio actually points to the controversial materials of chapter six as central to the speech’s cause.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 373 | 53 | 2 |
| Full Text Views | 237 | 2 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 48 | 8 | 0 |