Interpreting New Testament narratives: recovering the author's voice
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reading under Ethics -- 1. Writing as an Intentional Act -- 2. Reading as an Intentional Act -- 3. The Author's Voice and the Reader's Ethics -- 4. Assumptions, Implications, and Method -- Chapter 2. Communication: Ordinary and Litera...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Boston
BRILL
2018
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| In: |
Biblical interpretation series (volume 169)
Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Douglass, Eric J., Interpreting New Testament narratives : recovering the author's voice] (2019) (Webb, Geoff R.)
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| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
volume 169 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Methodology
/ Story
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Narration in the Bible
B Narrative theory B Electronic books B New Testament B Communication B Bible.-New Testament-Criticism, Narrative |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reading under Ethics -- 1. Writing as an Intentional Act -- 2. Reading as an Intentional Act -- 3. The Author's Voice and the Reader's Ethics -- 4. Assumptions, Implications, and Method -- Chapter 2. Communication: Ordinary and Literary -- 1. Ordinary Communication -- 2. Narrative Communication: Authors -- 3. Literary Communication: Readers -- 4. Literary Communication: Authors and Readers -- 5. Disjunctions: When Communication Fails -- 6. Summary -- Chapter 3. Locating the Text -- 1. An Overview -- 2. A Two-Self Reading System -- 3. Locating the Text -- 4. Identifying the Intended Audience -- 5. Characterizing Otherness -- 6. Summary -- Chapter 4. Entering the Storyworld -- 1. What is Narrative? -- 2. An Introduction to Identification -- 3. Identification and Character Construction -- 4. Identification and Attachment -- 5. Identification and Investment -- 6. Identification and Commitment -- 7. Summary -- Chapter 5. Many Characters, Many Perspectives -- 1. Strategies for Identification -- 2. Engaging Other Characters -- 3. Interest Bias and Evaluative Standard -- 4. Summary -- Chapter 6. Experiencing the Event -- 1. Mental Simulations and Serious Meaning -- 2. The Reading-Self and Modal Realism -- 3. The Actual-Self and Moderate Realism -- 4. The Experience of Event: Letters to Words -- 5. The Experience of Event: Words to Sentences -- 6. The Experience of Event: Beyond Sentences -- 7. Summary -- Chapter 7. Translating Story-Meaning -- 1. Communicating Meaning -- 2. Translating Meaning: Loyalty -- 3. Translating Meaning: Equivalence and Similarity -- 4. Translating Meaning: Relevance -- 5. Evaluating Validity: the Effects of Moderate Realism -- 6. Summary -- Chapter 8. Markan Examples -- 1. The Call of Levi (Mk. 2:14) 2. Storm at Sea (Mk. 4:35-41) -- 3. The Woman with a Hemorrhage (Mk. 5:25-34) -- 4. The Parable of the Sower (Mk. 4:3-20) -- 5. The Darkening of the Sun and Moon (Mk. 13:24-26) -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Index of Definitions -- Subject Index |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (289 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-38745-4 |
