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Examines rhetorical practices in cultures and time periods that have received little attention to date.
Focusing on ancient rhetoric outside of the dominant Western tradition, this collection examines rhetorical practices in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, and China. The book uncovers alternate ways of understanding human behavior and explores how these rhetorical practices both reflected and influenced their cultures. The essays address issues of historiography and raise questions about the application of Western rhetorical concepts to these very different ancient cultures. A chapter on suggestions for teaching each of these ancient rhetorics is included.
Introduction
Mesopotamian Rhetoric
The Birth of Rhetoric
William W. Hallo
The Rhetoric of Origins and the Other: Reading the Ancient Figure of Enheduanna
Roberta Binkley
Neo-Assyrian Rhetoric: The Example of the Third Campaign of Sennacherib (704–681 B.C.)
Paul Y. Hoskisson and Grant M. Boswell
Egyptian Rhetoric
Ancient Egyptian Rhetoric: It All Comes Down to Maat
Carol S. Lipson
Law, Rhetoric, and Gender in Ramesside Egypt
Deborah Sweeney
Chinese Rhetoric
The Use of Eloquence: The Confucian Perspective
George Q. Xu
Confucian Silence and Remonstration: A Basis for Deliberation?
Arabella Lyon
"Nothing Can Be Accomplished If the Speech Does Not Sound Agreeable:" Rhetoric and the Invention of Classical Chinese Discourse
Yameng Liu
Biblical Rhetoric
Pentateuchal Rhetoric and the Voice of the Aaronides
David Metzger
Alternative Greek Rhetoric
The Art of Rhetoric at Rhodes: An Eastern Rival to the Athenian Representation of Classical Rhetoric
Richard Leo Enos
Cross-Cultural Rhetorical Studies
Story-List-Sanction: A Cross-Cultural Strategy of Ancient Persuasion
James W. Watts
Song to Speech: The Origins of Early Epitaphia in Ancient Near Eastern Women's Lamentations
C. Jan Swearingen
Suggestions for Teaching Ancient Rhetorics
List of Contributors
Index