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Introduction Differences in Rhetorical Style The Different Rhetorical Situations Other Stylistic Objections to the Pauline Character of Ephesians and Colossians Epistolary and Rhetorical Structures The Social Settings of Paul and of His Audiences The Letter to Philemon The Epistolary Prescript Thanksgiving/Exordium - A Refresher Course An Appeal for a Useful Servant Peroratio - Summing Up and Touching the Heart of the Matter Epistolary Conclusion Bridging the Horizons - Philemon The Letter To The Colossians The Authorship of Colossians Further Thoughts on the Relationship of Colossians and Ephesians The False Teaching/Philosophy in Colossae The Theology of Colossians The Occasion of Colossians The Epistolary Prescript Exordium/Thanksgiving Prayer Narratio - The Pattern of Christ The Formation of the Christ Hymn The Colossian Philosophy The Theological Substance of Colossians Paul on Marriage and Slavery in Context Prayer and Wisdom The Homily Called Ephesians Homilies in the New Testament Era Ephesians as a Letter to Ephesus Epideictic Rhetoric: The art of Persuasive Sermon Making Pseudonymity Epistolary Prescript Exordium - A Blessing of a Eulogy Thanks giving Prayer Nrration - Gentiles Then and Now and their Apostle Concluding Prayer and Doxology Exhortatio - Reminder of Community Values and Virtues