Ebook: Biblical form criticism in its context
Author: Martin J. Buss
- Series: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, 274
- Year: 1999
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
- City: Sheffield, England
- Language: English
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This magnum opus is not another catalogue of the forms of biblical literature, but a deeply reflected account of the significance of form itself. Buss writes out of his experience in Western philosophy and the intricate involvement of biblical criticism in philosophical history. Equally, biblical criticism and the development of notions of form are related to social contexts, whether from the side of the aristocracy Read more...
Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: RECOGNIZING FORMS; Chapter 2 BIBLICAL PATTERNS; Chapter 3 GRAECO-ROMAN THEORIES OF FORM; Chapter 4 EARLY AND MEDIAEVAL ANALYSES; Chapter 5 POSTMEDIAEVAL EXAMINATIONS OF FORM; Chapter 6 FORMAL ANALYSIS DURING THE REIGN OF HISTORIOGRAPHY (c. 1775-1875); Chapter 7 'FORM' AFTER 1875 OUTSIDE BIBLICAL STUDIES; Chapter 8 JEWISH ANALYSES OF FORM, c. 1875-1965; Chapter 9 ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEWS OF LITERARY FORM, c. 1875-1965; Chapter 10 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE: PROTESTANT ANALYSES LARGELY BY OR FOR NONSPECIALISTS, c. 1875-1965.