Open AccessTitus 3:3 as selfvilifikasie: �n Retoriese opsie
Author(s) -
Aldred A. Genade
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
verbum et ecclesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2074-7705
pISSN - 1609-9982
DOI - 10.4102/ve.v31i1.346
Subject(s) - rhetorical question , compromise , mandate , function (biology) , rhetorical device , philosophy , law , sociology , political science , linguistics , evolutionary biology , biology
Titus 3:3 as self-vilification: A rhetorical option The rhetorical function of the vice list in Titus 3:3 remains to be accounted for. This article proposes that self-vilification, a novel rhetorical technique, be considered to investigate and propose a rhetorical function for Titus 3:3. The result is the identification and formulation of the overarching rhetorical objective of the verse in its totality. Titus 3:3 expresses a valuable corrective to Christian attitudes that could compromise the evangelistic or missiological mandate of the Church today