Abstract
The reception of rhetorical elements in the Letter to Philemon by Patristic exegetes. The aim of this study is to offer an overview of the way in which Patristic exegetes interpreted the rhetorical aspects of Paul’s Letter to Philemon. Although a rhetorical analysis of the letter was not the matter which interested them as such, one can still obtain a fairly good idea of the way in which they perceived such aspects by reading their explanations of this letter. Accordingly, the contributions of all the Patristic exegetes in this regard are studied systematically in this study. The interpretations of the letters by Ambrosiaster, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Pelagius, Theodore of Mopsuestia and Theodoret of Cyrus are investigated from this angle. In each case, the most important comments on Paul’s rhetorical strategy are identified and discussed.Keywords: Pauline Letters; Letter to Philemon; Rhetorical Analaysis; Patristic Exegetes
Highlights
Die retoriek van die Filemonbrief het al heelwat aandag gekry, en vanuit heelwat verskillende perspektiewe
Indien dit wel die geval is, is Ambrosiaster die enigste eksegeet in die Patristiese era wat die situasie op hierdie manier ingesien het, aangesien die ander almal gedink het dat Onesimus toevallig by Paulus in die gevangenis uitgekom het
Theodorus se kommentare op die Pauliniese briewe is laat in die eerste of vroeg in die tweede dekade van die vyfde eeu n.C. geskryf
Summary
Die resepsie van retoriese momente van die Filemonbrief deur Patristiese eksegete. Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. ’n Perspektief wat egter nog baie min aandag gekry het, is die wyse waarop Patristiese eksegete die retoriese elemente in die brief geïnterpreteer het. Daarom word daar in hierdie studie aandag gegee aan die wyse waarop al die Patristiese eksegete wie se geskrifte behoue gebly het die Filemonbrief geïnterpreteer het. Tog is dit ook waar dat ’n mens uit hulle werke ’n goeie idee kan kry van hoe hulle die retoriek van die brief verstaan het, en dit is hierdie aspek wat in hierdie studie belig word. Ambrosiaster se kommentaar is die oudste kommentaar op die Filemonbrief wat behoue gebly het en sy primêre bedoeling was om Paulus se boodskap in hierdie brief vir die mense van sy tyd duidelik te maak (Kannengiesser 2006:1082). Kyk na Krans (2013:274–281) vir ’n goeie bespreking hiervan
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