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.
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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