Johan Leemans (Leuven) has written a rather excellent article on St Gregory of Nyssa's use of Second Sophistic rhetorical techniques when speaking on the Holy Martyrs. Great analysis. This informs my up-coming paper on Aphrahat's use of various rhetorical approaches.
See: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/118024/1/2005+-+Style+and+Meaning+in+Gregory+of+Nyssa%E2%80%99s+Panegyrics+on+Martyrs.pdf
Building God’s Temple
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