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A Theory of Character in New Testament Narrative : /

In this study in three-dimensional character reconstruction, Cornelis Bennema presents a new theory of character in the New Testament literature. Although character has been the subject of focused literary-critical study of the New Testament since the 1970s, Bennema observes that there is still no c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennema, Cornelis, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by R. Alan Culpepper
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction--identifying a dominant pattern/paradigm
  • The current state of affairs
  • Identifying a pattern or paradigm of character reconstruction
  • The plan and approach of the book
  • Character in antiquity and modernity--deconstructing the dominant pattern/paradigm
  • Character in ancient Hebrew literature
  • Character in ancient Greco-Roman literature
  • Character in modern literature
  • Deconstructing the dominant pattern/paradigm of character reconstruction
  • Conclusion
  • A theory of character in new testament narrative--constructing a new paradigm
  • Character in text and context
  • Character analysis and classification
  • Character evaluation and significance
  • Revisiting ancient characterization
  • Conclusion
  • Application of the theory--validating the new paradigm
  • Characters in the Gospel of Mark
  • Characters in the Gospel of John
  • Characters in the Acts of the Apostles
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of modern authors.