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Gospels or Biographies? The Gospels as Folk Literature
Series: - Linguistic Biblical Studies, Volume: 25
Author:
Ryder A. Wishart, PhD (2023), McMaster Divinity College, has edited and published on a number of subjects including Greek grammar, computational linguistics, New Testament studies, Pauline studies, and theology.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 From Form to Genre
1 Genre Criticism before Form Criticism
2 Form instead of Genre
3 Redaction instead of Form
4 Literature instead of Redaction
5 Genre instead of Form or Redaction
6 Summary
2 From Genre to Register
1 The Consensus View’s Model of Genre
2 Burridge’s Model of Genre
3 Burridge’s Selection Bias
4 Problems with Burridge’s Criteria for Genre Classification
5 Register as the Confluence of Sociological and Genre Criticism
6 Summary
3 A Proposal Regarding the Gospels as Folk-Literature Collections
1 Can the Gospels Be Considered Folklore?
2 Can Gospel Be Considered a Genre?
3 Can Gospel Be Considered a Register?
4 Folk Literature Collections
5 Summary
4 A Methodology for Analyzing Situations to Describe What Texts Do
1 Methodological Steps
2 Situations as Contextual Configurations
3 Situation Boundaries
4 Dynamic Situations
5 Methodological Tools
6 Summary
5 Patterns of Situational Variation in the Gospels
1 Variation in the Gospel Pericopes
2 Summary
6 Types of Situations in the Gospels
1 Situation Types
2 Summary
7 What Does a Gospel Do?
1 Logistics and Definitions Relating to Discourse Patterns
2 Analyzing Language for Grammatical Register Probabilities
3 The Likely Situational Contexts of the Gospels
4 Summary
Conclusion
Appendix: Example Data
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 From Form to Genre
1 Genre Criticism before Form Criticism
2 Form instead of Genre
3 Redaction instead of Form
4 Literature instead of Redaction
5 Genre instead of Form or Redaction
6 Summary
2 From Genre to Register
1 The Consensus View’s Model of Genre
2 Burridge’s Model of Genre
3 Burridge’s Selection Bias
4 Problems with Burridge’s Criteria for Genre Classification
5 Register as the Confluence of Sociological and Genre Criticism
6 Summary
3 A Proposal Regarding the Gospels as Folk-Literature Collections
1 Can the Gospels Be Considered Folklore?
2 Can Gospel Be Considered a Genre?
3 Can Gospel Be Considered a Register?
4 Folk Literature Collections
5 Summary
4 A Methodology for Analyzing Situations to Describe What Texts Do
1 Methodological Steps
2 Situations as Contextual Configurations
3 Situation Boundaries
4 Dynamic Situations
5 Methodological Tools
6 Summary
5 Patterns of Situational Variation in the Gospels
1 Variation in the Gospel Pericopes
2 Summary
6 Types of Situations in the Gospels
1 Situation Types
2 Summary
7 What Does a Gospel Do?
1 Logistics and Definitions Relating to Discourse Patterns
2 Analyzing Language for Grammatical Register Probabilities
3 The Likely Situational Contexts of the Gospels
4 Summary
Conclusion
Appendix: Example Data
Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources