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Given the content, tone, and manner of presentation in Athens, what was Paul’s objective?
defeat his audience
engage his audience
prove his audience wrong
prove his intelligence
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Engage his audience.
Paul’s Athens speech is conciliatory and dialogical: he finds common ground (their altar to the “unknown god,” quotes their poets), uses reason and scripture to persuade, and aims to provoke thought and repentance rather than simply score points, humiliate them, or flaunt his intellect.
Paul’s Athens speech is conciliatory and dialogical: he finds common ground (their altar to the “unknown god,” quotes their poets), uses reason and scripture to persuade, and aims to provoke thought and repentance rather than simply score points, humiliate them, or flaunt his intellect.
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