The gospels as stories : a narrative approach to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John / Jeannine K. Brown.
Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2020]Description: xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780801049842
- 0801049849
- 9781540963123
- 1540963128
- 226/.066 23
- BS2555.52 .B756 2020
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Course reserves | |
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Book on Reserve | Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia Reserve Books (Short-term Checkouts) | BS2555.52 .B756 2020 | Available | 31794003220671 |
ULS: Experiencing and Performing the Gospel ULS: Spring 2024 |
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Print book for loan | Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) | BS2555.52 .B756 2020 | Available | 31826003536134 |
ULS: Experiencing and Performing the Gospel ULS: Spring 2024 |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The turn to gospels as stories: narrative criticism in gospel studies -- The selection, sequence, and shape of the story -- Narrative plotting in the gospel of Luke -- The people in the story -- Matthew's characterization of the disciples -- The stories behind the story -- Intertextuality in John: Passover Lamb and creation's renewal -- How a story theologizes -- The God of Mark's gospel -- The ongoing power of the gospels as stories.
Popular writer and teacher Jeannine Brown shows how a narrative approach illuminates each of the Gospels, helping readers see the overarching stories. This book offers a corrective to tendencies to read the Gospels piecemeal, one story at a time. It is filled with numerous examples and visual aids that show how narrative criticism brings the text to life, making it an ideal supplementary textbook for courses on the Gospels. Readers will gain hands-on tools and perspectives to interpret the Gospels as whole stories.