Exploring Sublime Rhetoric in Biblical Literature

<p>In scholarly study of the New Testament and early Christian rhetoric one key element is often overlooked: the sublime. To address this omission contributors to this volume explore how the awe-inspiring dislocating and sometimes horrifying language that characterizes sublime rhetoric exerts cognitive emotional and physiological force on its audiences transporting them to new realities as they go along. The essays lay groundwork for scholars and students to identify and interpret sublime rhetoric in biblical literature.</p>