Narrative Criticism
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A narrative approach to the Gospel of John including point of view, literary and rhetorical devices, characters and characterization, and masterplot.
Similes and metaphors in the New Testament.
L'articolo approfondisce il personaggio di Abramo nel Vangelo secondo Luca. Conclusioni: L’Abramo di Luca non è quello di Paolo, ma neanche – da molti punti di vista – quello di Marco o di Matteo, e neppure quello degli Atti. Pur essendo... more
The function of misunderstandings in the Fourth Gospel.
A narrative-critical approach to the Fourth Gospel.
A narrative analysis of John 9. This article first appeared in Kenneth R. R. Gross Louis (ed), Literary Interpretations of Biblical Narratives. Vol.II. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1982).
The thesis seeks to analyze persuasive devices in Revelation 17 using rhetorical-narrative approach. The first part introduces the methodology of the rhetorical-narrative approach and attitude to traditional interpretative approaches. The... more
Definition of kernels and satellites and their importance in plot analysis.
In Spiritual Landscape, I use narrative criticism to present the spiritual significance of the geographic environment, social relationships, and the local economy in Luke's Gospel. The stories of the road to Emmaus, the tax collector's... more
What are double entendres? How do double entendres function in the New Testament?
In Spiritual Landscape, I use narrative criticism to present the spiritual significance of the geographic environment, social relationships, and the local economy in Luke's Gospel. The stories of the road to Emmaus, the tax collector's... more
The purpose of this study is to explore “who is saying what to whom for what purpose” in the text of 1 Samuel 8-12 through an analysis of the manifestations of ideology in this text. The emphasis of this thesis lies in the... more
Well-written narratives communicate more than information. What a story communicates is as important as how the story communicates. The narrative flow of a story engages the reader in the action. Narrative conventions assist the reader in... more
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DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY £4.95 on https://grovebooks.co.uk/collections/biblical. This booklet offers a framework for reconstructing characters, both within a gospel and across the different narratives—and shows how careful attention to the... more
Streszczenie W niniejszym artykule autor próbuje odkryć charakter Bożego działania w życiu wdowy z Sarepty Sydońskiej w 1 Krl 17,8-24 i jego wpływ na jej życie i wyciągnąć wnioski jakie płyną z niego dla dzisiejszego czytelnika. Dla... more
Through a literary reading and analysis of the roles of the main characters in the extant text I come to the conclusion that Anat was punished for murdering Aqhat, though it is not expressed explicitly. Since she is a goddess she cannot... more
This chapter summarizes the story of Mark’s gospel highlighting a variety of its key narrative aspects and emphasizing the discursive features that have most captured the interest of New Testament narrative critics. Next, it surveys the... more
A narrative critical approach to the Book of Revelation
For centuries, the story of Lot’s daughters in Genesis is one which has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this paper draws attention to overlooked... more
The published texts on posthumanism have been growing in recent years. Likewise, the reception of the phenomenon has become more and more nuanced as well as diverse the analyses. There have not missed metaphors used to bring the somewhat... more
and Keywords Four narrative features of the book of Revelation are the focus of this article: masterplot, characters and characterization, architectural and topographical settings, and numerical symbolism. Masterplots are skeletal stories... more
Edited volume, co-edited by Ruth Sheridan.
This article introduces and overviews New Testament media criticism. Media criticism is an emerging biblical methodology that encompasses four related fields: orality studies, social memory theory, performance criticism, and the Bible in... more
The role of the beloved disciple in the Fourth Gospel
The book of the Acts of the Apostles, like the Gospels and to a certain extent the book of Revelation, consists of narratives. This means that the way we read these narrative texts will be considerably different than the way we read, for... more
A close reading of Psalm 19 at a conference on the Bible as Literature at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN i 1979.
A bibliography of New Testament narrative criticism.
Hokhma 108/2015, pp. 97-123 Cet article explore les liens entre le sens de mythos dans la Poétique d’Aristote, l’historiographie et les écrits de Luc comme texte de comparaison pour les récits bibliques. La question est placée dans un... more
The latest developments in New Testament narrative criticism in the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, recently published.
An introduction of Formalist/New Critical interpretation as it applies to the New Testament.
This article critically reviews The Virtuous Reader by Richard Briggs
Bizarre and hybrid characters in the Book of Revelation
A conference celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible of 1611 at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio on May 5-7, 2011. This paper argues for the superiority of the King James Bible in rendering the rhetorical... more
Luke's Golpel presents two events, and Jesus participates in both. In the first one, a blind unnamed beggar asks for help. In the second one, an ἀρχιτελώνης called Zacchaeus intends to see Jesus. There are literary parallels and... more
Il racconto di Zaccheo (Lc 19,1-10) mette a fuoco un discorso di priorità cronologica: Gesù va in casa di Zaccheo prima della conversione, quando questi è ancora a tutti gli effetti peccatore! Non pone affatto condizioni previe... more
Contributo per la miscellanea in onore di J.-N. Aletti, Non mi vergogno del vangelo: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Bianchini_Francesco_Non_mi_vergogno_del_Vangelo_po?id=UApwCQAAQBAJ Tra le tante interpretazioni della... more
Beyond the discourse of individual identity, cultural identity differs because there is a consciousness developed out of a shared history. The expression and recreation of identity and the power of shared experiences through narrative... more
publié dans Foi et Vie (ISSN 0015-5357), Octobre 2014, Paris, p. 24-36. (http://www.foi-et-vie.fr/) À partir de l’analyse serrée d’un passage précis du livre (Jr 37,1- 16), notamment de la mise en parallèle d'un oracle avec l'arrestation... more
Il libro è la pubblicazione della tesi di dottorato, diretta dal prof. J.-N. Aletti e difesa al Pontificio Istituto Biblico nel 2005. Approfondisce il tema della fede nel Vangelo secondo Luca attraverso l’analisi di quattro pericopi in... more
In numerous ways-morally, literarily, theologically- the strange turn of affairs in 1 Kings 13 hinges on the Bethelite prophet's decision to seek out the man of God from Judah and dupe his southern "brother" into breaking God's threefold... more