2011-01-072011-01-072001Van Eck, E 2001, 'Socio-rhetorical interpretation : theoretical points of departure', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 57, no. 1&2, pp. 593-611.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15469Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFIn the past two decades, narrative criticism (narratology) and social-scientific criticism have come to the fore as the two most prominent new methodologies to be associated with gospel research. When these two methodologies are integrated in the reading of biblical texts, this is now referred to as "socio-rhetorical interpretation". This article departs from a specific understanding of what is meant by a narratological reading of a text on the one hand and, on the other hand, by a social-scientific interpretation of biblical texts, in order to propose a working definition of a socio-rhetorical analysis of texts.enFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaNarratologyGospel researchBible -- Criticism, NarrativeBible -- Social scientific criticismBible -- Socio-rhetorical criticismResearch -- MethodologyArticle