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A Discourse Analysis of the Letter to the Hebrews: The Relationship between Form and Meaning is unavailable, but you can change that!

This study attempts to analyze the text of Hebrews with a method of discourse analysis primarily based on a form of systemic functional linguistics developed for Hellenistic Greek, but it is also informed by other linguistic studies. It begins with a general survey of the literature that is either influential or representative of approaches to the structure of Hebrews. The survey is followed by...

organization of Hebrews does not fit the template of typical classical or Hellenistic structure. The author’s employment of literary strategy to appeal to the readers merits attention and respect but needs further development. The lists of rhetorical devices form part of a larger list of formal features that indicate prominence in the discourse. The value of a socio-rhetorical analysis is indisputable. However, there is a tendency to take the background cultural values and foreground them in the
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