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What Is Narrative Criticism?

  • ISBN-13: 9780800604738
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • Foreword by Mark Allan Powell
  • Price: AUD $36.99
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  • Local release date: 02/03/1991
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 144 pages Weight: 200g
  • Categories: Biblical commentaries [HRCG1]
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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.
Mark Allan Powell taught New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary for 32 years. He is author of 40 books on the Bible and editor of the Harper-Collins Bible Dictionary.
Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Scripture as Story The Bible and Literary Criticism Literary Criticism and Historical Criticism 2. Ways of Reading Structuralism Rhetorical Criticism Reader-Response Criticism Narrative Criticism 3. Story and Discourse Point of View Narration Symbolism and Irony Narrative Patterns 4. Events A Narrative Understanding of Events Case Study: The Plot of Matthew 5. Characters A Narrative Understanding of Characters Case Study: The Religious Leaders in the Synoptic Gospels 6. Settings A Narrative Understanding of Settings Case Study: Settings in the Gospel of Mark 7. Story as Scripture The Benefits of Narrative Criticism Objections to Narrative Criticism An Expanded Hermeneutic Appendix: Using Narrative Criticism in Exegesis Abbreviations Notes For Further Reading Part 1: Secular Literary Theory Part 2: Literary Criticism and Biblical Narrative
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