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Jesus' Call To Christian Living in the Center of John's Gospel
by Robert S. Reid

John wrote to a Greek speaking audience who would have expected his literary text to be structured according to the rules of rhetoric in the first century. Robert Reid challenges the student to perceive John's central issue in his Gospel, Jesus' Call to Christian Living in the Center of John's Gospel, in the light of chiasmus.

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A note from the author

Robert S. Reid is the Chair of the Communication Department at University of Dubuque, Dubuque Iowa. The University of Dubuque is a Presbyterian related four year liberal arts university. Robert Reid is an ordained Baptist minister. In addition to being the author of Preaching Mark, he co-authors a textbook on homiletics entitled, Connecting with the Congregation: Rhetoric and the Art of Preaching (Abingdon, 1999). If you wish to contact Mr. Robert Reid, please use the button below. He would like to hear any comments or suggestions you may have concerning this article.

If you have enjoyed reading this work by Robert Reid, you may wish to consult the following works by the same author:

Great Ends of the Church: God's Justice and Our Commitments (Amos 5:18--6:14)
An Exploration of Matthew 15:1-20
An Exploration of Matthew 19:23--20:16
Jesus' Call to Christian Living in the Center of John's Gospel (John 12:20-36)
Participating in Jesus' Example (John 13 and Mark 14)
The Two Miracles of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-21)
The Rhetorical Argument Structure of 1 Corinthians 12--14
The Rhetorical Argument Structure of 1 Corinthians 15
The Rhetorical Structure of Luke 15

Please remember that Robert Reid's works are copyrighted. He has gracious allowed InTheBeginning.org to post them to generate more interest in biblical rhetorical structure.

Preaching Mark
by Robert S. Reid

Far from the scissor and paste notion of modern biblical criticism, Preaching Mark argues for Mark's master craftsmanship of rhetorical form by employing literate compositional art. The book documents the chiastic structure for the entire Gospel of Mark, divided into nineteen narrative complexes. more

Paperback, 204 pgs.
Chalice Press, 1999

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