Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Scripture as Story
The Bible and Literary Criticism
Literary Criticism and Historical Criticism
2. Ways of Reading
Structuralism
Rhetorical Criticism
Reader-Response Criticism
Narrative Criticism
3. Story and Discourse
Point of View
Narration
Symbolism and Irony
Narrative Patterns
4. Events
A Narrative Understanding of Events
Case Study: The Plot of Matthew
5. Characters
A Narrative Understanding of Characters
Case Study: The Religious Leaders in the Synoptic Gospels
6. Settings
A Narrative Understanding of Settings
Case Study: Settings in the Gospel of Mark
7. Story as Scripture
The Benefits of Narrative Criticism
Objections to Narrative Criticism
An Expanded Hermeneutic
Appendix: Using Narrative Criticism in Exegesis
Abbreviations
Notes
For Further Reading
Part 1: Secular Literary Theory
Part 2: Literary Criticism and Biblical Narrative
Mark Allan Powell taught New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary for 32 years. He is author of 40 books on the Bible and editor of the Harper-Collins Bible Dictionary.
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