Theory Of Charcter In New Testament Narrative
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Contents:
Foreword By R. Alan Culpepper
Preface
1. Introduction-Identifying A Dominant Pattern/Paradigm
2. Character In Antiquity And Modernity-Deconstructing The Dominant Pattern/Paradigm
3. A Theory Of Character In New Testament Narrative-Constructing A New Paradigm
4. Application Of The Theory-Validating The New Paradigm
5. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Additional Info
In this study in three-dimensional character reconstruction, Cornelis Bennema presents a new theory of character in the New Testament literature. Although character has been the subject of focused literary-critical study of the New Testament since the 1970s, Bennema observes that there is still no consensus regarding how character should be understood in contemporary literary theory or in biblical studies.
Many New Testament scholars seem to presume that characters in Greco-Roman literature are two-dimensional, “Aristotelian” figures, unlike the well-rounded, psychologized individuals who appear in modern fiction. They continue nevertheless to apply contemporary literary theory to characters in ancient writings. Bennema here offers a full, comprehensive, and non-reductionist theory for the analysis, classification, and evaluation of characters in the New Testament.
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SKU (ISBN): 9781451472219
ISBN10: 1451472218
Cornelis Bennema
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: April 2014
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers – 1517 Media
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