: Joseph R. Dodson
: The 'Powers' of Personification Rhetorical Purpose in the 'Book of Wisdom' and the Letter to the Romans
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While scholars have often found value in comparingWisdomand Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them. Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification in relation to its nature as either a rhetorical device or a supernatural power.The‛Powers 17; of Personification seeks to push beyond this debate by evaluating the evidence in a different light– that of its purpose within the overall use of personification in the respective work and in comparison with another piece of contemporaneous theological literature.

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Joseph R. Dodson, Ouachit Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR, USA.

Frontmatter1
Contents11
Introduction: Theme, History of Research, Approach12
Chapter 1. Definitions and Specifications for Personification38
Chapter 2. The Purposes of Personification52
Section II: Introduction62
Chapter 3. The Personification of Death in Wisdom67
Chapter 4. The Personification of Creation in Wisdom80
Chapter 5. The Personification of Logos93
Chapter 6. The Personification of Wrath101
Chapter 7. The Personifications of Wisdom112
Section II: Summary and Synthesis126
Section III: Introduction130
Chapter 8. The Personifications of Sin and Death134
Chapter 9. The Personification of the Law151
Chapter 10. The Personifications of Grace and Righteousness162
Chapter 11. The Personification of Creation and the Power of the Spirit173
Section III: Summary and Synthesis189
Section IV: Introduction193
Chapter 12. The Personifications of Evil in Wisdom and Romans194
Chapter 13. The Personifications of Creation in Wisdom and Romans205
Chapter 14. Common Thread213
Section IV: Conclusion232
Backmatter234