Abbreviations

Introduction

Differences in Rhetorical Style
The Different Rhetorical Situations
Other Stylistic Objections to the Pauline Character of Ephesians and Colossians
Epistolary and Rhetorical Structures
The Social Settings of Paul and of His Audiences

An Annotated Bibliography

THE LETTER TO PHILEMON

Thanksgiving/Exordium — A Refresher Course — vv. 4-7
     A CLOSER LOOK: When Rhetoric Is Not Mere Rhetoric

An Appeal for a Useful Servant — vv. 8-16
     A CLOSER LOOK: Paul in Chains, Onesimus in Bondage

Peroratio — Summing Up and Touching the Heart of the Matter — vv. 17-22
     A CLOSER LOOK: The Cost of Manumission

Epistolary Conclusion — vv. 23-24

THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS

The Authorship of Colossians
Further Thoughts on the Relationship of Colossians and Ephesians
The False Teaching/Philosophy in Colossae
The Theology of Colossians
The Occasion of Colossians

Epistolary Prescript — 1.1-2

Narratio — The Pattern of Christ — 1.15-20
     A CLOSER LOOK: The Formation of the Christ Hymn

Propositio/Partitio — 1.21-23

Probatio — Argument Two — The Bone of Contention — 2.6–3.4
     A CLOSER LOOK: The Colossian “Philosophy”
     A CLOSER LOOK: The Theological Substance of Colossians

Probatio — Argument Three — The Necessity of Virtue — 3.5–4.1
     Vice and Virtue Lists — 3:5-17
     The Household Code — 3:18–4:1
     A CLOSER LOOK: Evaluating the Household Codes Fairly in Paul’s Context
     A CLOSER LOOK: Paul on Marriage and Slavery in Context

Peroratio — Prayer and Wisdom — 4.2-6

THE HOMILY CALLED EPHESIANS

Homilies in the New Testament Era
Ephesians as a Letter to Ephesus?
Epideictic Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Sermon-Making
Pseudonymity?

Epistolary Prescript — 1.1-2

Exordium — A Blessing of a Eulogy — 1.3-14
     A CLOSER LOOK: For Heaven’s Sake

Thanksgiving Prayer/Captatio Benevolentiae — 1.15-23
     A CLOSER LOOK: The Ethos of Community in Ephesians

Narratio — Gentiles Then and Now and Their Apostle — 2.1-22; 3.2-13

Exhortatio — Reminder of Community Values and Virtues — 4.1–6.9
     The Formation of a More Perfect Union — 4.1-16
     A CLOSER LOOK: What Goes Up Must Come Down — Pneumatic Exegesis
     New Creatures — 4.17-24; Putting Off and Putting On — 4.25-32
     The Imitation of God, the Image of Holiness — 5.1-21
     Christians in the House — 5.21–6.9
     A CLOSER LOOK: The Christian Household Code Revisited

Peroratio — Standing notwithstanding the Opposition — 6.10-20

Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings