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Title: | A Fresh Look at First Thessalonians: The Amalgamation of Discourse Analysis and Epistolary Theory to Evaluate the Pauline Letter |
Authors: | Adams, Sean A. |
Advisor: | Porter, Stanley E. |
Department: | Divinity College |
Keywords: | Religion;Religion |
Publication Date: | 2008 |
Abstract: | <p>There have been a number of attempts to evaluate Paul's letters with a variety of methodological approaches. This work attempts to view Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians in a new light by first applying epistolary theory to determine its letter divisions and is followed by an application of a linguistic theory to determine if the original unit divisions are supported by discourse analysis as well as provide a bottom-up interpretation to the letter, which is lacking in epistolary theory. My linguistic model is based on Halliday's systemic-functional linguistic model of language. Having been slightly adapted to evaluate a dead, non-English language, this model evaluates the hierarchy and co-text of language, followed by a tripartite field-tenor-mode register model and a discussion regarding the nature and implicature of cohesion and prominence in a text.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10266 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/5318 6340 2099251 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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