Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- 17 The Canon of the New Testament
- 18 Historical-Critical Methods
- 19 Literary Approaches
- 20 Social Sciences, Social History, and Ideology
- 21 The New Testament and Theology
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
19 - Literary Approaches
from Part III - Methods and Modes of Interpretation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- 17 The Canon of the New Testament
- 18 Historical-Critical Methods
- 19 Literary Approaches
- 20 Social Sciences, Social History, and Ideology
- 21 The New Testament and Theology
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
This chapter focuses on various text-centered approaches that emerge from the field of literary criticism in the twentieth century (e.g., narrative criticism, reader-response theory) and their application to the New Testament.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 369 - 381Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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Further Reading
Alter, Robert, and Kermode, Frank. The Literary Guide to the Bible. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.Google Scholar
Castelli, Elizabeth A., Moore, Stephen D., Phillips, Gary A., and Schwartz, Regina M., eds. The Postmodern Bible: The Bible and Culture Collective. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.Google Scholar
Hays, Richard B. “Can Narrative Criticism Recover the Theological Unity of Scripture?” Journal of Theological Interpretation 2 (2008): 193–211.Google Scholar
Mangum, Douglas, and Douglas, Estes, eds. Literary Approaches to the Bible. Lexham Methods Series 4. Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2016.Google Scholar
McKnight, Edgar V. The Bible and the Reader: An Introduction to Literary Criticism. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.Google Scholar
Moore, Stephen D. Literary Criticism and the Gospels: The Theoretical Challenge. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.Google Scholar
Petersen, Norman. Literary Criticism for New Testament Critics. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978.Google Scholar
Shively, Elizabeth E. “Becoming a Disciple without Seeing Jesus: Narrative As a Way of Knowing in Mark’s Gospel.” Pages 35–50 in Let the Reader Understand: Studies in Honor of Elizabeth Struthers Malbon. Edited by Broadhead, E. K.. LNTS 583. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2018.Google Scholar
Sugirtharajah, Rasiah S. Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.CrossRefGoogle Scholar