Argumentative Strategies in Early Christianity.

Edited by Adam Ployd and Rafal Toczko.

2023-Nov. viii,263 pages.

(Mnemosyne Supplements, 479. Brill)

(Hb.) \33,484

This volumes examines the place of classical rhetoric in Augustine's theology. Rather than seeing rhetoric as a matter only of style, the authors examine the argumentative techniques that Augustine would have learned and taught as a professional rhetorician. Essays pay particular attention to the rhetorical practice of invention in order to uncover the ways in which Augustine's thought is not only expressed rhetorically but constructed rhetorically as well. If you want to know what kind of rhetoric Augustine used in the actual practice as a Christian writer and preacher, this volume will answer your question.