Characterization in the Gospels : reconceiving narrative criticism / edited by David Rhoads and Kari Syreeni. - London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004. - 298 p. ; 22 cm. - Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 184 T & T Clark academic paperbacks .

Originally published: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

0567043304 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005279522


Bible.--Gospels--Criticism, Narrative.

BS2555.52 / .C47 2004

226/.066