Lauri Thuren
Biographic Data
| ID | 4185944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauri Thuren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauri |
| FAMILY NAME | Thuren |
| SIGNATURE | THUREN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Åbo Akademi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2675-9974 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Parables as Persuasive Devices
This volume heralds a new era in the study of Jesus's parables, emphasizing the need to focus on the parables' function within their literary context. The overall theme of the collection proposes that in their original setting, the parables primarily served as persuasive devices. By applying modern argumentation analysis and examining Jesus's parables within their broader Early Jewish and Hellenistic milieu, it becomes evident that these stories …
Assessing the Body
The pericope of 1 Corinthians 11:17–34 has been a cornerstone in the theological understanding of the Eucharist. This study seeks to reevaluate conventional interpretations by concentrating on the primary rhetorical strategies employed within the passage, using contemporary argumentation analysis. It becomes apparent that Paul strategically utilizes the Eucharist narrative to underscore the imperative of correctly interpreting the term “body,” wh…
Money Can Buy Me Love. The Origins of Early Christian Diaconia
Jesus the Victimizer
Jesus' antagonistic encounters with the Pharisees serve traditionally as a basis for the poor relationship between Christianity and Judaism. The conflict stories epitomized by Jesus' parables have been assessed as descriptions of how he either justifiably revealed his adversaries' falseness or falsely defamed them. These stories are used to justify later religious conflicts. I shall argue that the traditional anti-Pharisaic interpretations of Jes…
Derhetorizing Paul
In 1 Thess 1:8 Paul claims: »In every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to speak a word.« We can smile at a call to stop missionary activity based on that verse. Lauri Thurén argues that Paul and his original addressees would smile at us for the very same reason, were they aware of many of the problems of modern Pauline scholarship. Expressions, which were never meant to be taken at their face value, may have pro…
Hey Jude! Asking for the Original Situation and Message of a Catholic Epistle
The Epistle of Jude has been one of the most neglected texts in the New Testament, despite its simple structure and its candour. This neglect is partly due to its obscure historical situation. 1 In this article, I shall approach the Epistle in a literary perspective in order to lay bare its first setting so that its message and theology can be analyzed more reliably. I contend that when the techniques of communication in Jude are clearly perceive…
Risky Rhetoric in James
La rhetorique de l'Epitre de saint Jacques est-elle hasardeuse ? La structure et le message de ce document sont souvent decrits comme obscurs et desorganises, mais le niveau du grec en est paradoxalement eleve et le style caracteristiquement sophistique et litteraire. Le but de cette etude est d'expliquer ce phenomene par une relecture de Saint Jacques dans une perspective rhetorique
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Risky Rhetoric in James
La rhetorique de l'Epitre de saint Jacques est-elle hasardeuse ? La structure et le message de ce document sont souvent decrits comme obscurs et desorganises, mais le niveau du grec en est paradoxalement eleve et le style caracteristiquement sophistique et litteraire. Le but de cette etude est d'expliquer ce phenomene par une relecture de Saint Jacques dans une perspective rhetorique
Hey Jude! Asking for the Original Situation and Message of a Catholic Epistle
The Epistle of Jude has been one of the most neglected texts in the New Testament, despite its simple structure and its candour. This neglect is partly due to its obscure historical situation. 1 In this article, I shall approach the Epistle in a literary perspective in order to lay bare its first setting so that its message and theology can be analyzed more reliably. I contend that when the techniques of communication in Jude are clearly perceive…
Derhetorizing Paul
In 1 Thess 1:8 Paul claims: »In every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to speak a word.« We can smile at a call to stop missionary activity based on that verse. Lauri Thurén argues that Paul and his original addressees would smile at us for the very same reason, were they aware of many of the problems of modern Pauline scholarship. Expressions, which were never meant to be taken at their face value, may have pro…
Jesus the Victimizer
Jesus' antagonistic encounters with the Pharisees serve traditionally as a basis for the poor relationship between Christianity and Judaism. The conflict stories epitomized by Jesus' parables have been assessed as descriptions of how he either justifiably revealed his adversaries' falseness or falsely defamed them. These stories are used to justify later religious conflicts. I shall argue that the traditional anti-Pharisaic interpretations of Jes…
Money Can Buy Me Love. The Origins of Early Christian Diaconia
Assessing the Body
The pericope of 1 Corinthians 11:17–34 has been a cornerstone in the theological understanding of the Eucharist. This study seeks to reevaluate conventional interpretations by concentrating on the primary rhetorical strategies employed within the passage, using contemporary argumentation analysis. It becomes apparent that Paul strategically utilizes the Eucharist narrative to underscore the imperative of correctly interpreting the term “body,” wh…
Parables as Persuasive Devices
This volume heralds a new era in the study of Jesus's parables, emphasizing the need to focus on the parables' function within their literary context. The overall theme of the collection proposes that in their original setting, the parables primarily served as persuasive devices. By applying modern argumentation analysis and examining Jesus's parables within their broader Early Jewish and Hellenistic milieu, it becomes evident that these stories …
Philosophy (5 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works) · Biblical studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works)