Literary theory and the New Testament
A comprehensive case for a fresh literary approach to the New Testament For at least a half century, scholars have been adopting literary approaches to the New Testament inspired by certain branches of literary criticism and theory. In this important and illuminating work, Michal Beth Dinkler uses c...
| Summary: | A comprehensive case for a fresh literary approach to the New Testament For at least a half century, scholars have been adopting literary approaches to the New Testament inspired by certain branches of literary criticism and theory. In this important and illuminating work, Michal Beth Dinkler uses contemporary literary theory to enhance our understanding and interpretation of the New Testament texts. Dinkler provides an integrated approach to the relation between literary theory and biblical interpretation, employing a wide range of practical theories and methods. This indispensable work engages foundational concepts and figures, the historical contexts of various theoretical approaches, and ongoing literary scholarship into the twenty-first century. In Literary Theory and the New Testament, Dinkler assesses previous literary treatments of the New Testament and calls for a new phase of nuanced thinking about New Testament texts as both ancient and literary Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Biblical Studies and Literary Studies: Finding Common Ground in Critical Chaos -- 2. What Makes the Stone Stony: The Formalist Literary Paradigm -- 3. Searching for Signs in the Stars: The Structuralist Literary Paradigm -- 4. Literary Theory’s Copernican Revolution: Poststructuralist Approaches and Beyond -- 5. The Quest for the Literary Jesus: Reading the Character of Jesus at the Intersection of New Formalism and New Historicism -- 6. The Corinthian Corpus and Epistolary Embodiment: Reading Paul’s Epistles with Affect Theorists and Ecocritics -- 7. Literary Theory and the New Testament: Concluding Travel -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Ancient Sources Index -- General Index |
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| Item Description: | restricted access online access with authorization star |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0300249470 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.12987/9780300249477 |