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What are the Gospels? : a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography / Richard A. Burridge. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, (c)2018.Edition: Twenty-fifth anniversary editionDescription: xvi, I.112, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802809711
  • 9781481308748
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS2555.B971.W438 2018
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Contents:
Gospels and biography, 2000-2018: a critical review and implications for future research
Historical survey -- Genre criticism and literary theory -- Genre criticism and Graeco-Roman biography -- Evaluation of recent debate
Generic features -- The generic features of early Graeco-Roman bioi -- The generic features of later Graeco-Roman bioi -- The Synoptic Gospels -- The Fourth Gospel -- Conclusions and implications -- Reactions and developments.
Summary: "The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness. Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of the Gospels as biographies, a ubiquitous genre in the Graeco-Roman world. To establish this claim, Burridge compared each of the four canonical Gospels to the many extant Graeco-Roman biographies. Drawing on insights from literary theory, he demonstrated that the previously widespread view of the Gospels as unique compositions was false. Burridge went on to discuss what a properly "biographical" perspective might mean for Gospel interpretation, which was amply demonstrated in the revised second edition reflecting on how his view had become the new consensus. This third, twenty-fifth anniversary edition not only celebrates the continuing influence of What Are the Gospels?, but also features a major new contribution in which Burridge analyzes recent debates and scholarship about the Gospels. Burridge both answers his critics and reflects upon the new directions now being taken by those who accept the biographical approach. This new edition also features as an appendix a significant article in which he tackles the related problem of the genre of Acts. A proven book with lasting staying power, What Are the Gospels? is not only still as relevant and instructive as it was when first published, but will also doubtlessly inspire new research and scholarship in the years ahead." ;
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The first edition was published in 1992.

PREFACE TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION : -- Gospels and biography, 2000-2018: a critical review and implications for future research

PART ONE: THE PROBLEM : -- Historical survey -- Genre criticism and literary theory -- Genre criticism and Graeco-Roman biography -- Evaluation of recent debate

PART TWO: THE PROPOSED SOLUTION : -- Generic features -- The generic features of early Graeco-Roman bioi -- The generic features of later Graeco-Roman bioi -- The Synoptic Gospels -- The Fourth Gospel -- Conclusions and implications -- Reactions and developments.

"The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness. Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of the Gospels as biographies, a ubiquitous genre in the Graeco-Roman world. To establish this claim, Burridge compared each of the four canonical Gospels to the many extant Graeco-Roman biographies. Drawing on insights from literary theory, he demonstrated that the previously widespread view of the Gospels as unique compositions was false. Burridge went on to discuss what a properly "biographical" perspective might mean for Gospel interpretation, which was amply demonstrated in the revised second edition reflecting on how his view had become the new consensus. This third, twenty-fifth anniversary edition not only celebrates the continuing influence of What Are the Gospels?, but also features a major new contribution in which Burridge analyzes recent debates and scholarship about the Gospels. Burridge both answers his critics and reflects upon the new directions now being taken by those who accept the biographical approach. This new edition also features as an appendix a significant article in which he tackles the related problem of the genre of Acts. A proven book with lasting staying power, What Are the Gospels? is not only still as relevant and instructive as it was when first published, but will also doubtlessly inspire new research and scholarship in the years ahead." ;

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