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Verb Moods Adjectival Participle: often preceeded by an article with which it agrees EG: Those who believe; the one who sows. Adverbial Participle: Modifies some other verb in the sentence (as follows)

Telic/Final: Indicates purpose - best translated by the infinitive in ENG EG: Lets see if Elijah comes to save him.

Conditional: used in the if clause From which, if you keep yourselves, you will do well.

Concessive: what else? For if, though we were enemies, we were reconciled to God.

Instrumental: Indicates means by which She brought much gain by predicting the future.

Complementary: Completes the idea of the action expressed by the main verb I do not cease giving thanks for you.

Imperatival: Expresses a command Be devoted to prayer.

Periphrastic: (Of) Use to linking verb (usually a form of the verb ‘to be’ By grace you have been saved. You are eating.

Attendant Circumstance: Used both to introduce a new action and focus attention on main verb Now go and learn what it means

Absolute (Genitive Absolute): Involves participle and noun / pronoun in the genitive case. The clause containing the participle absolute is ‘loosed’ from the rest of the sentence. When the demon has been thrown out, the mute man spoke (M att 9:33).

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Letters - For Praise/blame, Exhortation/advice, Friends, Family

Judicial - Accusation and defense Deliberative - Persuasion and dissuasion 2acts Epideictic - Praise or Blame

Exordium - Intended to establish mood and secure goodwill of hearer, by praise linked to the subject (Prepare audience so they will listen)

Proof - Main body, advancing formal argument, motivating by honor, appealing to ethos, pathos, logos. Ethos = Ethics, Pathos = Emotions, Logos = Logic. [Rhetorical device appeals to emotion]

Peroration - Restate appeal, securing favour, amplifying argument, setting emotional frame of mind.

Rhetorics: (To grab attention, appeal emotionally)

Hapex Legomenon - Word only used once. Alliteration (words with same sounds), Wordplay (‘useful/useless Oesimus), Synkrisis (Comparative juxtaposition of people and things)

Philemon: Deliberative Rhetorical Devices: Wordplay (useful/less), Appealing based on love; utility, affection, honour, providence. Purpose: For Philemon to accept Onisemus v1-3 Greeting 4-7 Exordium 8-16 Proof 17-22 Peroration 23-25 Farewell

Jude: Deliberative, Letter of exhortation. Encourage readers to keep faith. Rhetoric: Hapax Legomenon Purpose: Encourage readers to remain faithful. v1-2 Greeting 3-4 Exordium (Condemnation) 5-16 Proof 17-23 Peroration Recurring word/theme: Condemnation

Galatians: Themes: Salvation by faith, not circumcision and law; social equality among believers. Problem: Hypocrisy - Circumcision. v1:1-5 Greeting 1:6-10 Exordium 1:11-6:10 Proof 6:11-18 Peroration

Ephesians: Prayer of praise, Epideictic Patient-client motif v1:1-2 Greeting 1:3-14 Exordium 1:15-6:9 Proof 6:10-20 Peroration

Philippians: Hymn, Deliberative, Epideictic Rhetoric devices: Key words - Praises, epainos (brief hymn), hymnos (2:6-11, song of praise to God or hero) v1:1-2 Intro Exordium: 1:3-11 Thanksgiving & Prayer 1:12-26 Personal Narrative 4:1-20(23?) Peroration

Hebrews: Genre more sermon-oriented than letter. Encouraging the discouraged believers; people were drifting away. Rhetoric devices: Synkrisis (5): Jesus v Angels (1:1-14, 2:5-18), Jesus v Moses (3:1-6), High Priest Role v Jesus (5:1-10), Levitical Priestly Ministry v Jesus (7:1-18, 18), Sinai v Zion (12:18-24). Superiority of New Covenant to Old, and Superiority of Jesus. Superior temple? v1:1-4 Exordium

5 Warning Passages: H 2:1-4, 3:7-4:13, 5:11-6:12, 10:19-39, 12:1-29 (12:18-29)

Warning Passages contain “the subject”, “the sin”, “the exhortation”, “the consequences” The subjects or audience: 2:1-4 - - 2:1,3,4 3:7-4:13 - - 3:7-15, 4:1-3, 11 5:11-6:12 - - 5:12, 6:1-6, 9-10 10:19-39 - - 10:23, 25-26, 32-34, 35, 39 12:1-3, 18-29 - - 12:1-11, 18, 22-25, 28-29 .....

These have 4 views; Hypothetical Theory - Warnings are real but the sin cannot be committed Phenomenological-false believer view: The addressees commit sin but they are false believers Phenomenological-true Believer: Those who commit the sin are believers Covenant community view: Warning passages are talking to the covenant community and not to individuals.