Episode Synopsis "Narrative Paradigm and Basic Structure"

Northwest Theological Seminary presents a study of the Epistle to Philemon, taught by Academic Dean James T. Dennison during the Spring 2015 semester.

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More episodes of the podcast The Epistle to Philemon

• Introduction
• Biographical Narratives -- Part I
• Biographical Narratives -- Part II
• Narrative Paradigm and Basic Structure
• Advanced Structure plus the Opening of the Aperture Begins (v. 1)
• The Aperture Widens to Close in the Grace of God (vv. 2-3)
• The Thanksgiving and Subsequent Chiasm (vv. 4-7)
• The Body Begins: Double Anaphora plus Mirror Chiasms -- In Christ (vv. 8-11)
• The Return of Onesimus (vv. 12-16)
• Paraenesis, Substitution, Imputation (vv. 17-18)
• Paralepsis (vv. 19-22)
• Closure Symmetry: The End as the Beginning with the Grace Never-Ending of the Lord Jesus Christ (vv. 23-25)