RT Article
T1 The Rhetoric of Empathy in Hebrews
JF Novum Testamentum
VO 62
IS 2
SP 201
OP 218
A1 Lee, Chee-Chiew
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/169366447X
AB This study examines how the author of Hebrews uses the motif of empathy to achieve his rhetorical goals and it demonstrates that, in line with the use of exemplars and pathos in Greco-Roman and Jewish rhetoric, the author not only cites exemplars of empathy for emulation, he also arouses his audience's empathy as a catalyst to induce them to help fellow believers who are suffering due to their faith in Christ. These rhetorical effects are key to not only maintaining the individual's faithfulness to God, but also creating community support for maintaining each other's faithfulness to God when facing persecution.
K1 Hebrews
K1 Greco-Roman rhetoric
K1 Jewish ethical instructions
K1 Empathy
K1 Pathos
DO 10.1163/15685365-12341659