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BTB Article Published

April 12, 2013 By James F. McGrath 2 Comments

My article “On Hearing (Rather Than Reading) Intertextual Echoes: Christology and Monotheistic Scriptures in an Oral Context” has finally appeared in the latest issue of Biblical Theology Bulletin. If you are not a subscriber and don’t have access to the journal through your library, you can read a pre-publication version via Butler University’s Digital Commons. Thanks [...]

Filed Under: 1 Corinthians, Bible, Christology, New Testament, Paul and his letters, Philippians, Philippians 2:6-11 Tagged With: article, Bible, Biblical, Christology, intertextuality, orality, theology 2 Comments

Intertextuality and the Art of Persuasive Argumentation: SBL Paper

March 29, 2013 By James F. McGrath 6 Comments

Here’s the abstract of a second paper that I will be presenting at SBL in November, in a session on “Intertextuality and the Art of Persuasive Argumentation” organized by the Intertextuality in the New Testament Section: “Reading a Letter Quoting a Hymn Quoting Scripture: Intertextuality and Persuasion in Philippians 2:6-11″ The passage in Philippians 2:6-11 [...]

Filed Under: Christology, monotheism, Paul and his letters, Philippians 2:6-11 Tagged With: Christology, intertextuality, monotheism, orality, Paul, persuasion, Philippians, rhetoric 6 Comments

Rafael Rodriguez is Wrong on Redaction

August 1, 2011 By James F. McGrath 3 Comments

Rafael Rodriguez has posted some thoughts on reading Tom Holmén’s entry on “Authenticity Criteria” in the Routledge Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus. Since Rafael and I have had conversations about this topic both in the blogosphere and in person, he won’t be surprised to hear that I think he is wrong. But since the theme [...]