A Rhetorical Analysis Of Romans

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To better understand the book of Romans, scholars use two main methods to debate which way is best to dissect romans. This is more formally known as the argument of analogy. On one side, Roetzel and O’Brien argue that Romans is the typical Greco-Roman letter approach whereas Witherington holds a rhetorical analysis approach.
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Z Z All three scholars use the argument of analogy which is described as arguments based on the similarity …show more content…

The greetings are found between the peace wish and the grace. The closing peace resembles the opening peace and ends up in a full circle.
A. Body of Literature B. Romans
W. Written discourse
X. Components
Y. Typical letter formula Z. Greco-Roman Letter Z. Greco-Roman Letter
Diagram 2 Argument of Analogy for Romans

Disanalogy: Roetzel, while being a great scholar, did analyze romans incorrectly on four different parts. He stated that the body started in 1:18, yet it started in 1:13. Roetzel does not account for the prayer of petition and prayer of thanksgiving in the thanksgiving, instead he talks about thanksgiving as a whole. He completely skips over the bridge connecting the body to the ethnical instruction.
Romans as a Deliberative Rhetoric Witherington states that Paul used Hellenistic rhetoric to present his arguments in most of his letters. Classical rhetoric was based on the elements of persuasive speech, Witherington believes that all of Paul’s letters were