Lesson 06
Col. 2:20-3:17
Rhetorical
Issues
last revised: 03/06/08
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in this page, download and install the free BSTGreek from Bible Study Tools. The Greek text is based
upon the United Bible Societies The Greek New Testament, fourth revised
edition. By rhetorical issues is intended the internal literary scructure
of the pericope, along with some attention to the literary setting of the
pericope. The above
hyperlink takes you to the page "Steps to a Literary Structural Analysis
of the Greek Text," in which you will want to take note of the section
"Semantic Diagraming" that grows out of the Block Diagram of the pericope.
This provides the starting point for the consideration of rhetorical issues
present in the pericope.
1. Evaluate the literary genre of 2:20-3:17
as paraenesis in light of Form
Critical studies of this ancient literary pattern.
Begin your analysis
with the perspective of Roger Maddox in his PhD
seminar paper, then check Bible dictionaries etc. for further insights.
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2. Assess Col. 3:5 as a Vice List in
light of the patterns of Vice
Lists in the ancient literature.
Begin your analysis
with the perspective J.D. Charles, "Vice and Virtue Lists," Dictionary
of the New Testament Background. Check Bible dictionaries, commentaries
for further insights.
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3. Assess Col. 3:12 as a Virtue List
in light of the patterns of Virtue
Lists in the ancient literature.
Begin your analysis
with the perspective J.D. Charles, "Vice and Virtue Lists," Dictionary
of the New Testament Background. Check Bible dictionaries, commentaries
for further insights.
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4. Analyze the literary setting of
2:20-3:17 in relation to 2:6-16 and 3:18-4:6. Include the concerns of the
letter
Body in this analysis.
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5. Summarize
the literary structure of 2:20-3:17 in light of the Block
Diagram of the passage.
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