Literary Theory and the New Testament (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library)

✍ Scribed by Michal Beth Dinkler

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Biblical Studies and Literary Studies: Finding Common Ground in Critical Chaos
Chapter 2: What Makes the Stone Stony: The Formalist Literary Paradigm
Chapter 3: Searching for Signs in the Stars: The Structuralist Literary Paradigm
Chapter 4: Literary Theory’s Copernican Revolution: Poststructuralist Approaches and Beyond
Chapter 5: The Quest for the Literary Jesus: Reading the Character of Jesus at the Intersection of New Formalism and New Historicism
Chapter 6: The Corinthian Corpus and Epistolary Embodiment: Reading Paul’s Epistles with Affect Theorists and Ecocritics
Chapter 7: Literary Theory and the New Testament: Concluding Travel
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Ancient Sources Index
General Index
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