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Identify TWO rhetorolects in the following text: (Click for slide progression and answers.)

Exploring How Progressive Texture Blends Rhetorolects. Identify TWO rhetorolects in the following text: (Click for slide progression and answers.).

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Identify TWO rhetorolects in the following text: (Click for slide progression and answers.)

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  1. ExploringHow Progressive Texture Blends Rhetorolects Identify TWO rhetorolects in the following text: (Click for slide progression and answers.) Matthew 11:20-21: Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. 21: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.” Choose TWO of the following six rhetorolects: WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC,PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.

  2. Matthew 11:20-21: Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. 21: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”Answers: Identify TWO rhetorolects in the text: WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE,orPRIESTLY. • PROPHETIC • MIRACLE • Identify a phrase indicating the presence of MIRACLE rhetorolect that is repeated (creating "repetitive texture") in verses 20-21.

  3. Matthew 11:20-21: Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. 21: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”Answer: Identify a phrase indicating the presence of MIRACLErhetorolect that is repeated (creating “repetitive texture”) in verses 20-21. • “deeds of power” • Identify a verb indicating the presence of PROPHETIC rhetorolect that is repeated (creating "repetitive texture") in verses 20-21.

  4. Matthew 11:20-21: Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. 21: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”Answers: Identify a verb indicating the presence ofPROPHETICrhetorolect that is repeated (creating “repetitive texture”) in verses 20-21. • “repent”/“repented” • Identify an additional verb in verse 20 indicating PROPHETICrhetorolect.

  5. Matthew 11:20-21: Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. 21: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”Answer: Identify an additional verb in verse 20 indicatingPROPHETICrhetorolect. • “reproach” • Identify a statement of direct address occurring twice in verse 21 that indicates the presence of PROPHETIC rhetorolect.

  6. Matthew 11:20-21: Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. 21: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”Answer: Identify a statement of direct address occurring twice in verse 21 that indicates the presence ofPROPHETICrhetorolect. • “woe to you” • Click on the next slide and identify the rhetorolect clearly present in the next verses, Matt 11:22-24.

  7. What rhetorolect is clearly present in the additional verses Matt 11:22-24?Choose ONE of the following rhetorolects: WISDOM,APOCALYPTIC,PRECREATION,PROPHETIC,MIRACLE, orPRIESTLY. Matt 11:22-24: “But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23: And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24: But I tell you that on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom than for you.”Answer: • APOCALYPTIC • Identify a phrase in verses 22 and 24 that may indicate the presence of APOCALYPTIC rhetorolect.

  8. Identify a phrase in verses 22 and 24 that may indicate the presence ofAPOCALYPTICrhetorolect. Matt 11:22-24: “But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23: And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24: But I tell you that on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom than for you.” Answer: • “the day of judgment” • What two different possibilities are present for people on the day of judgment, according to verse 23?

  9. What two different possibilities are present for people on the day of judgment, according to verse 23? Matt 11:22-24: “But I tell you, on the day of judgmentit will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23: And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24: But I tell you that on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom than for you.” Answer: • To be “exalted to heaven” • To be “brought down to Hades” • Why were the questions above worded with “seems to appear” and “may indicate,” rather than simply “appears” and “indicates”?

  10. Why were the questions worded with “seems to appear” and “may indicate,” rather than simply “appears” and “indicates”? • The phrase “the day of judgment” and the alternatives between being “exalted to heaven” or “brought down to Hades” could bePROPHETICrhetorolect, rather than “definitely” beingAPOCALYPTICrhetorolect. In other words, it is possible that Matt 11:20-24 shows a dynamic blending ofMIRACLEandPROPHETICrhetorolect that stands at the “interface” ofPROPHETICandAPOCALYPTICrhetorolect, rather than moving fully intoAPOCALYPTICrhetorolect. • Click on the next slide and identify two more rhetorolects in the following verses: Matt 11:25-26.

  11. What TWO rhetorolects are clearly present in the additional verses, Matt 11:25-26?Choose TWO of the following rhetorolects: WISDOM,APOCALYPTIC,PRECREATION,PROPHETIC,MIRACLE, orPRIESTLY. • WISDOM • PRIESTLY • What three nouns indicate the presence of WISDOM rhetorolect? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  12. What three nouns indicate the presence ofWISDOMrhetorolect? • “the wise” • “the intelligent” • “infants” • What noun commonly associated with WISDOM rhetorolect occurs in each of the two verses? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  13. What noun commonly associated withWISDOMrhetorolect occurs in each of the two verses? • “Father” • Why is "Father" commonly associated with WISDOM? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from thewise and theintelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  14. Why is “Father” commonly associated withWISDOM? • Because WISDOM rhetorolect in the Bible regularly features fathers teaching wisdom to their sons. • What sequence of words indicates the presence of PRIESTLY rhetorolect, and why? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from thewise and theintelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  15. What sequence of words indicates thepresence ofPRIESTLYrhetorolect, and why? • “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth” • These words indicate PRIESTLY rhetorolect because they are the opening of a prayer. • How do you know this sequence is the opening of a prayer? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from thewise and theintelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  16. How do you know this sequence is the opening of a prayer? • Because it has the form of direct address to God, giving God thanks for something. • In addition to WISDOM and PRIESTLY rhetorolect, what other two RHETOROLECTS stand near at hand, so that these verses might function dynamically in the context of either one? Choose TWO amongAPOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION,PROPHETIC, or MIRACLE. Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from thewise and theintelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  17. In addition toWISDOMandPRIESTLYrhetorolect, what other two RHETOROLECTS stand near at hand, so that these verses might function dynamically in the context of either one?Choose TWO of the following rhetorolects: APOCALYPTIC,PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, orMIRACLE. • APOCALYPTIC • PRECREATION • What word in particular makes these verses open to an APOCALYPTIC context of meaning? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from thewise and theintelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  18. What word in particular makes these verses open to anAPOCALYPTICcontext of meaning? • “revealed,” which in Greek is “apekalypsas,” a form of the verb “apokalyptō,” meaning, “I reveal.” • What subject/verb/object combination makes these verses open either to an APOCALYPTIC or a PRECREATION context of meaning, and why? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from thewise and theintelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer:

  19. What subject/verb/object combination makes these verses open either to anAPOCALYPTICor aPRECREATIONcontext of meaning, and why? Matt 11:25-26: At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from thewise and theintelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26: yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” Answer: • “you have hidden these things” • It is not clear exactly when and why God hid these things. If the emphasis is on God's hiding of these things before God created the world, then the emphasis moves toward PRECREATION rhetorolect. If the emphasis is that God keeps certain things hidden until the end of time, when God will reveal “all things,” then the emphasis moves toward APOCALYPTIC rhetorolect.

  20. The language in this additional verse, Matt 11:27, regularly is considered to be characteristic of which RHETOROLECT?Choose ONE of the following rhetorolects: WISDOM,APOCALYPTIC,PRECREATION,PROPHETIC,MIRACLE, orPRIESTLY. • PRECREATION • Why is the language of this verse regularly considered to be characteristic of PRECREATION rhetorolect? Matt 11:27: “All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Answer:

  21. Why is the language of this verse regularly considered to be characteristic ofPRECREATIONrhetorolect? • Because language like this occurs in the Gospel of John, where PRECREATION rhetorolect has a strong presence. • Why is the language in this particular verse not “definitely” PRECREATION rhetorolect? Matt 11:27: “All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Answer:

  22. Why is the language in this particular verse not “definitely”PRECREATIONrhetorolect? • Because it is not certain that the Father handed “all things” over to the Son “before the world was created.” In other words, perhaps God the Father handed all things over to Jesus when Jesus himself was an infant, when Jesus was baptized, or perhaps at some other time prior to Jesus' adulthood. • Click to the next slide and read the summary. Matt 11:27: “All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Answer:

  23. Great Work! • Summary: • PROPHETICrhetorolect regularly features direct address to people that confronts them about their behavior, challenges them to repent, and exhorts them to change their actions. MIRACLErhetorolect features “extraordinary deeds” which reveal the presence of God's “power” (dynamis). In the Bible, God's “miraculous” power regularly works through or “in the context of” a person whom God has chosen to act in a PROPHETICmanner in relation to people. Therefore, it is natural in the Bible for PROPHETICand MIRACLErhetorolect to blend dynamically with one another. • Click to continue.

  24. Summary • Click to the next slide and read the summary. “The day of judgment” is a common topic in PROPHETIC rhetorolect, but it moves dynamically toward APOCALYPTIC rhetorolect, which emphasizes the “end of time.” Being “exalted to heaven” or “brought down to Sheol” might also be PROPHETIC rhetorolect, but in the context of early Christian discourse it is likely to have significantly APOCALYPTIC overtones.

  25. Summary Direct address to God, thanking God for things, indicates PRIESTLYrhetorolect, since this is “prayer” language, characteristic of settings of worship. WISDOMrhetorolect that features the “revelation” of “hidden things” creates an “opening” both to APOCALYPTICand PRECREATIONrhetorolect. If the emphasis is on God's “hiding” of WISDOMbefore the creation of the world, then the discourse is moving toward PRECREATIONrhetorolect. If the emphasis is on God's “revelation” of hidden things at the end of time, then the discourse is moving toward APOCALYPTICrhetorolect.

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