Poetics for the Gospels?: Rethinking Narrative CriticismA&C Black, 2005 M03 1 - 192 pages Poetics, the study of the making of literary works, regards the gospels as literature, in contrast to the historical-critical approach. Petri Merenlahti makes the case that poetics offers a vital critical tool to interpreting the gospels. But he argues that poetics must also be 'historical', as perceptions of literary form and value are not fixed, but evolve and develop from one time and culture to another. Merenlahti provides a comprehensive account of the development and the state of the art of poetics and narrative criticsm. Through scrupulous methodological discussion and detailed analysis of gospel narratives, he also offers a potentially highly productive future programme for historical poetics in gospel studies. |
Contents
Part I | 12 |
Why do Modern Readers value Mark? | 35 |
Do You Understand what You are Reading? | 45 |
Gaps and Ambiguity in Marks Narrative Rhetoric | 61 |
Characters in the Making | 77 |
The Gospel as a Plot | 99 |
A Paradigm Shift | 115 |
A Case | 131 |
Poetics as Myth and Fiction | 143 |
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References to this book
Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels Volume 1: The Gospel of Mark Thomas Hatina No preview available - 2006 |