Brian Chilcote
Why Can't Luke and Matthew Just Get Along?
Jesus has two baby books. No pictures like ours might have, but two written accounts of what happened, when and where it happened, to...
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Brian Chilcote
Oct 6, 20225 min read
Rhetorical Questions Part 6: Implications for Interpretation
Rhetoric… So what? What are the implications for us, modern readers of the Gospel of John? And what might be of value in applying ancient...
Brian Chilcote
Oct 6, 20225 min read
Rhetorical Questions Part 5: The Gospel of John meets Cicero
It has been suggested that the gospel of John is organized similarly to a Ciceronian argument in a court of law (Cicero was a well known...
Brian Chilcote
Oct 5, 20226 min read
Rhetorical Questions Part 4 Literary Devices
While only a few privileged denizens of antiquity had access to an education in rhetoric, nearly everyone experienced it in some way as...
Brian Chilcote
Oct 4, 20224 min read
Rhetorical Questions Part 3: Why is it Important to Know Something About Rhetoric?
Would you build a theological doctrine on a peroration element? Hopefully, you'd think twice since the peroration is all about an...
Brian Chilcote
Oct 4, 20224 min read
Rhetorical Questions, Part 2: How to Win an Argument the Greco-Roman Way
So you want to convince a judge, jury or marketplace crowd to support your policy, vote for your candidate or find your client not...
Brian Chilcote
Oct 4, 20224 min read
Is This a Rhetorical Question?
"So if you consider me a partner, welcome him [Onesimus] as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything,...
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