%0 Book %A Ip, Alex Hon Ho %I Mohr Siebeck %D 2017 %C Tübingen, Germany %G English %B Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe %@ 9783161555831 %T A socio-rhetorical interpretation of the letter to Philemon in light of the new institutional economics: an exhortation to transform a master-slave economic relationship into a brotherly loving relationship %U http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5058646 %U https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz493837000inh.htm %7 1st ed %X Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Setting the Stage for Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Thesis Statement -- 1.3 The Value of this Research -- 1.4 Interpretation History of the Letter to Philemon -- 1.4.1 Development and Insufficiencies of the "Runaway Hypothesis" -- 1.4.2 New Trend in Research -- 1.4.3 Short Conclusion: Contribution and Insufficiency of Previous Research -- 1.5 Methodology: The Application of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation to the Letter to Philemon -- 1.5.1 Framework of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation -- 1.5.2 Application of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in Interpreting the Letter to Philemon -- 1.5.3 Limitation and Corresponding Response of the Socio-rhetorical Model -- Definition -- The Problem of Genre -- Missing Theology -- Justification of New Texture -- Integral or Segregated? -- Risk of Running into Indeterminate Ways of Interpretation -- 1.6 Basics of the Letter to Philemon -- 1.6.1 The Story behind the Letter -- 1.6.2 Relationship with Other Letters of Paul -- 1.6.3 Concerning the Period and Context of this Study -- 1.6.4 Attitude toward Slavery: Metaphorical Use or Reality Addressed -- 1.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Inner Texture: Relationship Transformation as the Main Focus of the Letter to Philemon -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Materialistic Layer: Word Analysis -- 2.2.1 Main Focus: Relational Words -- 2.2.2 Main Argument: Love-Related Words -- 2.2.3 Theological Ground: Words with Theological Connotations -- κοινωνία and κοινωνόν -- Faith -- God-Related Words -- 2.2.4 Commerce-Related Words -- 2.3 Fabric Layer: Epistolary Analysis -- 2.3.1 The Structure of the Letter -- 2.3.2 Opening of the Letter to Philemon -- 2.3.3 Recipient Formula -- 2.3.4 Thanksgivings -- 2.3.5 Short Conclusion -- 2.4 Stylistic Layer: Rhetorical Analysis.