S3E11 Meghan Henning and Nils Neumann - Vivid Rhetoric and Visual Persuasion: Ekphrasis in Early Christian Literature

from BRIDGING THEOLOGY · host Beth Stovell, Candace Smith, Claudia Herrera-Montero, Jon Stovell, Kevin Hill, Ryan Reed

Co-host Beth Stovell speaks with Meghan Henning and Nils Neumann about their research and writing, including their new book, Vivid Rhetoric and Visual Persuasion: Ekphrasis in Early Christian Literature (Eerdmans, 2024). Meghan Henning is associate professor of Christian origins at the University of Dayton. Her previous books include Educating Early Christians through the Rhetoric of Hell and Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christianity. Nils Neumann is professor of biblical theology at Leibniz University Hannover. His previous books include Armut und Reichtum im Lukasevangelium und in der kynischen Philosophie and Lukas und Menippos.

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