What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography

ISBN-13: 9781481308755 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 524 str.

Richard a. Burridge

Spis treści

• Preface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
• Foreword to the Second Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the Original Edition
• Abbreviations
• [new to the 25th anniversary edition] Gospels and Biography, 2000-2018: A Critical Review and Implications for Future Research
• A. The Literary Theory of Genre
• B. Gospel Scholarship and Commentaries
• C. Gospel Genre and Audience
• D. The Genre of Acts
• E. Roman Catholic Reactions
• F. Biography and Historiography
• G. Further Implications for New Research
• Conclusion
• Critical Review Bibliography
• PART ONE: THE PROBLEM
• 1. Historical Survey
• 2. Genre Criticism and Literary Theory
• 3. Genre Criticism and Graeco-Roman
• 4. Evaluation of Recent Debate
• PART TWO: THE PROPOSED SOLUTION
• 5. Generic Features
• 6. The Generic Features of Early Graeco-Roman Bioi?á
• 7. The Generic Features of Later Graeco-Roman Bioi
• 8. The Synoptic Gospels
• 9. The Fourth Gospel
• 10. Conclusions and Implications
• 11. Reactions and Developments
• Appendix I: Analysis Charts of Verb Subjects
• Appendix II: Gospel Genre, Christological Controversy and the Absence of Rabbinic Biography
• Appendix III: The Genre of Acts Revisited
• Select Bibliography
• Index of Passages
• Index of Names and Subjects