@article{wendland_rhetoric_1992, title = {Rhetoric of the Word. an Interactional Discourse Analysis of the Lord's Prayer of John 17 and Its Communicative Implications}, volume = {26}, issn = {02548356}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/43048016}, abstract = {[This investigation focuses upon the discourse organisation and rhetorical dynamics of Christ's intercessory/inspirational prayer found in John 17. It is based upon the results of three integrated types of discourse analysis: lexical, syntactic-semantic, and architectonic, which pertain to the text's paradigmatic, syntagmatic, and poetic structures respectively. Aspects of 'speech-act theory' are used as a means of further exploring the communicative dimensions of this discourse, namely, its main interactional moves as these relate to points of thematic significance. The elucidation of this structural complex forms the basis for a more tentative description of the past and present persuasive power of Christ's address to his heavenly Father. Of special importance is the operation of a literary technique termed 're-familiarisation' which serves to effect the prayer's principal interpersonal function of physical, psychological, and spiritual reinforcement.]}, pages = {59--88}, number = {1}, journaltitle = {Neotestamentica}, author = {Wendland, Ernst R.}, urldate = {2021-01-19}, date = {1992}, note = {Free}, }