Identify TWO rhetorolects in the following text: (Click for slide progression and answers.)

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Identify TWO rhetorolects in the following text
(Click for slide progression and answers.)
Identifying Rhetorolects

• Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
  people in the temple and telling the good news,
  the chief priests and the scribes came with the
  elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
  authority are you doing these things? Who is it
  who gave you this authority?
• Choose TWO of the following six rhetorolects
  WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION,
  PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.

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Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? Answers
Identify TWO rhetorolects in the text WISDOM,
APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or
PRIESTLY.

• WISDOM
• PRIESTLY
• What subject/verb combination and
  verb/personal-object combination indicate WISDOM
  rhetorolect?

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Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? Answer
What subject/verb combination and
verb/personal-object combination indicate WISDOM
rhetorolect?

• The subject/verb combination is he was
  teaching.
• The verb/personal-object combination is Tell
  us.
• What two nouns indicate PRIESTLY rhetorolect?

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Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? Answers
What two nouns indicate PRIESTLY rhetorolect?

• the temple
• the chief priests
• What additional rhetorolect seems to be implied
  by the phrase telling the good news, and the
  questions By what authority are you doing these
  things? and Who gave you this authority?
• Choose ONE of the following four rhetorolects
  APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION,
  PROPHETIC, or MIRACLE.

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Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? Answer
What additional rhetorolect seems to be implied
by the phrase telling the good news and the
questions By what authority are you doing these
things? and Who gave you this authority?
Choose ONE of the following four rhetorolects
APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, or MIRACLE.

• PROPHETIC
• Why does this seem to be PROPHETIC rhetorolect?

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Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? Answer
Why does this seem to be PROPHETIC rhetorolect?

• Because God chooses and authorizes prophets to
  announce good news to people (and also to issue
  warnings to them that they must change their
  ways).
• Click on the next slide and identify the
  rhetorolect clearly present in the next two
  verses, 3-4.

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What rhetorolect is clearly present in the
additional verses 3-4?Choose ONE of the
following rhetorolects WISDOM, APOCALYPTIC,
PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or PRIESTLY.
Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? 3-4 He answered
them, I will also ask you a question, and you
tell me, 4 Did the baptism of John come from
heaven, or was it of human origin?

Answer

• WISDOM
• What indicates the presence of WISDOM
  rhetorolect?

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What indicates the presence of WISDOM
rhetorolect?
Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? 3-4 He answered
them, I will also ask you a question, and you
tell me, 4 Did the baptism of John come from
heaven, or was it of human origin?

Answer

• The dynamics of teaching through the process of
  questions and answers in He answered them, I
  will also ask you a question, and you tell me.
• Click to the next slide and answer the question
  at the top.

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What two additional rhetorolects seem to be
implied in the question Did the baptism of John
come from heaven, or was it of human origin?
Choose TWO of the following rhetorolects
APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or
PRIESTLY.
Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? 3-4 He answered
them, I will also ask you a question, and you
tell me, 4 Did the baptism of John come from
heaven, or was it of human origin?
Answer

• PRIESTLY
• PROPHETIC
• What noun implies the presence of PRIESTLY
  rhetorolect?

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What noun implies the presence of PRIESTLY
rhetorolect?
Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? 3-4 He answered
them, I will also ask you a question, and you
tell me, 4 Did the baptism of John come from
heaven, or was it of human origin?



Answer

• baptism
• Why does baptism imply PRIESTLY rhetorolect?

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Why does baptism imply PRIESTLY rhetorolect?
Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? 3-4 He answered
them, I will also ask you a question, and you
tell me, 4 Did the baptism of John come from
heaven, or was it of human origin?



Answer

• Because it is a ritual of purification, and
  priests are the people authorized to perform
  purification rituals.
• What prepositional phrase may imply the presence
  of PROPHETIC rhetorolect?

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What prepositional phrase may imply the presence
of PROPHETIC rhetorolect?
Luke 201-2 One day, as he was teaching the
people in the temple and telling the good news,
the chief priests and the scribes came with the
elders 2 and said to him, Tell us, by what
authority are you doing these things? Who is it
who gave you this authority? 3-4 He answered
them, I will also ask you a question, and you
tell me, 4 Did the baptism of John come from
heaven, or was it of human origin?



Answer

• From heaven, especially if the baptism of
  John is a message that John proclaims (implying
  that it is a word from God), as Luke 33 and
  other verses describe it.

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What two rhetorolects are present in the
additional verses, Luke 205-8? Choose TWO of
the following rhetorolects WISDOM,
APOCALYPTIC, PRECREATION, PROPHETIC, MIRACLE, or
PRIESTLY.
Luke 20 5-8 They discussed it with one
another, saying, If we say, From heaven, he
will say, Why did you not believe him? 6 But
if we say, Of human origin, all the people will
stone us for they are convinced that John was a
prophet. 7 So they answered that they did not
know where it came from. 8 Then Jesus said to
them, Neither will I tell you by what authority
I am doing these things.



Answer

• WISDOM
• PROPHETIC
• What prepositional phrase and what clause
  indicate the presence of PROPHETIC rhetorolect?

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What prepositional phrase and what clause
indicate the presence of PROPHETIC rhetorolect?
Luke 20 5-8 They discussed it with one
another, saying, If we say, From heaven, he
will say, Why did you not believe him? 6 But
if we say, Of human origin, all the people will
stone us for they are convinced that John was a
prophet. 7 So they answered that they did not
know where it came from. 8 Then Jesus said to
them, Neither will I tell you by what authority
I am doing these things.



Answer

• The prepositional phrase is from heaven.
• The clause is for they are convinced that John
  was a prophet.
• What two activities by people indicate the
  presence of WISDOM rhetorolect in these verses?

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What two activities by people indicate the
presence of WISDOM rhetorolect in these verses?
Luke 20 5-8 They discussed it with one
another, saying, If we say, From heaven, he
will say, Why did you not believe him? 6 But
if we say, Of human origin, all the people will
stone us for they are convinced that John was a
prophet. 7 So they answered that they did not
know where it came from. 8 Then Jesus said to
them, Neither will I tell you by what authority
I am doing these things.



Answer

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What two activities by people indicate the
presence of WISDOM rhetorolect in these verses?

• Answer
• The presence of questions and answers.

• The presence of discussion among the chief
  priests, scribes, and elders. In their
  discussion, they reason with one another in a
  manner that conceptualizes future responses.
  This means they create pictures in their minds
  of future actions by people and the consequences
  of those actions. They create these pictures in
  relation to alternative answers they might give
  to Jesus. This kind of running of the future
  in ones mind is characteristic of WISDOM
  rhetorolect.
• Click to the next slide and answer What in
  the verses indicates that WISDOM rhetorolect
  will not provide a positive resolution to
  questions the chief priests, scribes, and elders
  have about Jesus?

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What in the verses indicates that WISDOM
rhetorolect will not provide a positive
resolution to questions the chief priests,
scribes, and elders have about Jesus?
Luke 20 5-8 They discussed it with one
another, saying, If we say, From heaven, he
will say, Why did you not believe him? 6 But
if we say, Of human origin, all the people will
stone us for they are convinced that John was a
prophet. 7 So they answered that they did not
know where it came from. 8 Then Jesus said to
them, Neither will I tell you by what authority
I am doing these things.
Answer

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What in the verses indicates that WISDOM
rhetorolect will not provide a positive
resolution to questions the chief priests,
scribes, and elders have about Jesus?
Answer The chief priests, scribes, and elders
refuse to present what they know to Jesus.
Thus they do not reason back and forth with
him. In turn, Jesus does not give them an answer
to their question. In other words, they
answered that they did not know stops the
process of exchange of knowledge by which people
learn wisdom. In response, Jesus does not give
them information that teaches them. Thus, all
the participants (Jesus as well as the chief
priests, scribes, and elders) abandon the process
of teaching and learning in the closing of the
story.

• Click to the next slide and read the summary.

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Good Work!

Summary In this story, WISDOM , PRIESTLY, and
PROPHETIC rhetorolect blend together in such a
manner that a conflict between PRIESTLY and
PROPHETIC rhetorolect stops the natural processes
of WISDOM rhetorolect. This means that dynamics
of opposition between the role of priests and the
role of prophets interrupt the process of
teaching and learning whereby people acquire the
ability to distinguish between good and evil and
to inspire one another to produce goodness and
righteousness rather than evil and injustice.