Narrative Criticism Of The New Testament

Author : James L. Resseguie
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493441211

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Narrative Criticism of the New Testament by James L. Resseguie Pdf

Narrative criticism is a relatively recent development that applies literary methods to the study of Scripture. James Resseguie suggests that this approach to reading the Bible treats the text as a self-contained unit and avoids complications raised by other critical methods of interpretation. Resseguie begins with an introductory chapter that surveys the methods of narrative criticism and how they can be used to discover important nuances of meaning through what he describes as a "close reading" of the text. He then devotes chapters to the principal rhetorical devices: setting, point of view, character, rhetoric, plot, and reader. Readers will find here an accessible introduction to the subject of narrative criticism and a richly rewarding approach to reading the Bible.

Author : Mark Allan Powell
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451413726

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What is Narrative Criticism? by Mark Allan Powell Pdf

The first nontechnical description of the principles and procedures of narrative criticism. Written for students' and pastors' use in their own exegesis.With great clarity Powell outlines the principles and procedures that narrative critics follow in exegesis of gospel texts and explains concepts such as "point of view," "narration," "irony," and "symbolism." Chapters are devoted to each of the three principal elements of narrative: events, characters, and settings; and case studies are provided to illustrate how the method is applied in each instance. The book concludes with an honest appraisal of the contribution that narrative criticism makes, a consideration of objections that have been raised against the use of this method, and a discussion of the hermeneutical implications this method raises for the church.

Author : James L. Resseguie
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801027895

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Narrative Criticism of the New Testament by James L. Resseguie Pdf

Introduces key aspects of narrative interpretation to offer a richly rewarding approach to reading the Bible.

Author : David R. Bauer
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493429028

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The Book of Acts as Story by David R. Bauer Pdf

A senior New Testament scholar and teacher helps students understand the historical, literary, and theological issues of the book of Acts and introduces key concepts in the field of narrative criticism. This volume captures the message of the book of Acts by taking seriously the book's essential character as a powerful story through which Luke communicates profound theological truth. While giving attention to historical background, its purpose is to lead readers through a close reading that yields fresh insights into passages throughout Acts.

Author : Elizabeth Struthers Malbon,Edgar V. McKnight
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567228437

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The New Literary Criticism and the New Testament by Elizabeth Struthers Malbon,Edgar V. McKnight Pdf

This publication presents the rich variety of critical methodologies in contemporary literary study of the New Testament. The tradition of study represented in the essays lies at the conjunction of developments in biblical studies and literary criticism: (1) the exhaustion of New Testament historical criticism in general and redaction criticism in particular; (2) the waning of Formalist-New Critical approaches in literary study; and (3) the emphasis upon the text in terms of language and discourse as the 'free play of signifiers'. The essays deal with theory, exegesis, and their interdependence in this new literary context. However, contributions of earlier epochs in the history of literary criticism and New Testament study are integrated into current approaches. For example, the issue of reference originating in the mimetic theories of classical antiquity is raised implicitly and explicitly. Implications of literary study for theology are suggested. The relationship between redaction-critical and literary approaches is examined. Theoretical and exegetical essays growing out of feminist literary study are offered. Orality, allegory, deconstruction, ideology, sociological criticism, rhetorical criticism, narrative criticism, as well as other themes and methods are discussed in the essays' treatment of writings of the New Testament. A rich variety of critical methodologies in contemporary literary study of the New Testament

Author : Daniel Marguerat,Yvan Bourquin,Marcel Durrer
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334027780

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How to Read Bible Stories by Daniel Marguerat,Yvan Bourquin,Marcel Durrer Pdf

A welcome supplement to the bestselling How to Read the OT and How to Read the NT, indicating more recent developments in biblical studies especially in the area of narrative criticism.

Author : Jeannine K. Brown
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493423552

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The Gospels as Stories by Jeannine K. Brown Pdf

Popular writer and teacher Jeannine Brown shows how a narrative approach illuminates each of the Gospels, helping readers see the overarching stories. This book offers a corrective to tendencies to read the Gospels piecemeal, one story at a time. It is filled with numerous examples and visual aids that show how narrative criticism brings the text to life, making it an ideal supplementary textbook for courses on the Gospels. Readers will gain hands-on tools and perspectives to interpret the Gospels as whole stories.

Author : Mark Allan Powell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0281046662

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What is Narrative Criticism? by Mark Allan Powell Pdf

Author : Mark W. G. Stibbe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521477654

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John as Storyteller by Mark W. G. Stibbe Pdf

A widely-acclaimed study which suggests a new, holistic approach to the gospel literature.

Author : David Rhoads,Kari Syreeni
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1841270040

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Characterization in the Gospels by David Rhoads,Kari Syreeni Pdf

This volume examines characterization in the four Gospels and in the Sayings Gospel Q. Peter in Matthew, Lazarus in John, and Jesus as Son of Man in Q are examples of the characters studied. The general approach is narrative-critical. At the same time, each contribution takes special effort to widen the scope beyond the narrated world to include the text's ideological and real-life setting as well as its effective history. New ways of doing narrative criticism are thus proposed. The concluding essay by David Rhoads delineates the development and envisions the future of narrative criticism in Gospel studies.

Author : Stephen D. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0300052243

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Literary Criticism and the Gospels by Stephen D. Moore Pdf

Examines the new literary criticism of the Bible, discusses narrative criticism, and looks at the postmodern approach to the Bible

Author : Tom Thatcher,Stephen D. Moore
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589833708

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Anatomies of Narrative Criticism by Tom Thatcher,Stephen D. Moore Pdf

Author : Jonathan T. Pennington
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441238702

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Reading the Gospels Wisely by Jonathan T. Pennington Pdf

This textbook on how to read the Gospels well can stand on its own as a guide to reading this New Testament genre as Scripture. It is also ideally suited to serve as a supplemental text to more conventional textbooks that discuss each Gospel systematically. Most textbooks tend to introduce students to historical-critical concerns but may be less adequate for showing how the Gospel narratives, read as Scripture within the canonical framework of the entire New Testament and the whole Bible, yield material for theological reflection and moral edification. Pennington neither dismisses nor duplicates the results of current historical-critical work on the Gospels as historical sources. Rather, he offers critically aware and hermeneutically intelligent instruction in reading the Gospels in order to hear their witness to Christ in a way that supports Christian application and proclamation.

Author : Norman R. Petersen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606081150

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Literary Criticism for New Testament Critics by Norman R. Petersen Pdf

Utilizing Mark and Luke-Acts as case studies, Norman Petersen moves beyond redaction criticism to show both the necessity and the possibility for literary criticism to be an integral part of the historical-critical study of biblical writings.

Author : Scott S. Elliott
Publisher : Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1907534318

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Reconfiguring Mark's Jesus by Scott S. Elliott Pdf

As readers, we are captivated by the resemblance of literary characters to actual persons. But it is precisely this illusion that allows characterization to play host to dominant ideologies of both 'literature' and 'the self'. This is especially true when we confuse narrative figures and historical persons. Over the last thirty years, New Testament narrative criticism has developed into a major methodological approach in Biblical Studies. But for all its ingenuity and promise, it has been reluctant to let go of conventional historical-critical moorings. As a result, one is hard pressed to find any substantive difference between reconstructions of the historical Jesus and narrative-critical readings of the character Jesus. Reconfiguring Mark's Jesus endeavors to reorient and advance narrative criticism by analysing the Gospel of Mark's characterization of the figure of Jesus in relation to three other fundamental aspects of narrative discourse: focalization, dialogue, and plot. This intertextual reading, in which Mark is set alongside two ancient novels-Leucippe and Clitophon and the Life of Aesop-problematizes implicitly modern notions of literary characters as autonomous 'agents', as well as 'naturalizing' treatments of literary characters as historical referents. Highlighting the inherent ambiguity of narrative discourse, particularly with regard to referentiality, human agency, and the complex relationship between literature and history, Reconfiguring Mark's Jesus illustrates the diverse and complex ways that narratives, of necessity, produce fragmented characters that refract the inherent paradoxes of narrative itself and of human subjectivity.