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The gospels as stories : a narrative approach to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John / Jeannine K. Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages.) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781493423552
  • 149342355X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gospels as stories.DDC classification:
  • 226/.066 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2555.52 .B756 2020eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
E-resource ULS E-Resources ULS E-resource BS2555.52 .B756 2020eb Available on1176480550

ULS: Experiencing and Performing the Gospel ULS: Spring 2024

ULS: Pastoral Theology ULS: Spring 2024

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

print version record.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050

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