A methodological setting for rhetorical criticism/Martin Kessler -- Genesis 2-3: the theme of intimacy and alienation/Alan Jon Hauser -- The structure of Exodus 1:1-14/Charles Isbell -- A plague on both our houses: form- and rhetorical- critical observations on Exodus 7-11/Ann M. Vater -- The hardening of Pharaoh's heart: plot, character and theology in Exodus 1-14/David M. Gunn -- Humility and honor: a Moses legend in Numbers 12/George W. Coats -- Whom will he teach knowledge: A literary approach to Isaiah 28/J. Cheryl Exum -- The contribution of rhetorical criticism to understanding Isaiah 51:1-16/J. Kenneth Kuntz -- Why have you abandoned me? - a rhetorical study of Psalm 22/John S. Kselman -- The arguments of Job's three friends/David J. A. Clines -- The literary structure of Luke 1-2/Charles Thomas Davis -- Pattern in the fourth Gospel/Edwin C. Webster