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- catalog abstract "In this work Dr Burridge contends that scholarly study of the genre of the Gospels has gone full circle over the last century of critical scholarship. The question of how the Gospels should be categorised is still a vexed one and - surprisingly - there is still no consensus. This book analyses and evaluates the debate over the course of the last century. It shows that while the nineteenth-century assumption that the Gospels could be likened to biographies has been denied by the mainstream scholarship of this century, in recent years a biographical genre has begun to be assumed once more. Dr Burridge provides a good foundation for the re-introduction of this biographical view of the Gospels by comparing the work of the Evangelists to the development of biography in the Graeco-Roman world, and by drawing on insights from literary theory. The author shows that the view that the Gospels are unique, which is still widespread among biblical scholars, is false: a first-century reader would have seen the Gospels as biographies, or 'Lives' of Jesus, and they must therefore be interpreted in this light.".
- catalog contributor b3192795.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "In this work Dr Burridge contends that scholarly study of the genre of the Gospels has gone full circle over the last century of critical scholarship. The question of how the Gospels should be categorised is still a vexed one and - surprisingly - there is still no consensus. This book analyses and evaluates the debate over the course of the last century. It shows that while the nineteenth-century assumption that the Gospels could be likened to biographies has been denied by the mainstream scholarship of this century, in recent years a biographical genre has begun to be assumed once more. Dr Burridge provides a good foundation for the re-introduction of this biographical view of the Gospels by comparing the work of the Evangelists to the development of biography in the Graeco-Roman world, and by drawing on insights from literary theory. The author shows that the view that the Gospels are unique, which is still widespread among biblical scholars, is false: a first-century reader would have seen the Gospels as biographies, or 'Lives' of Jesus, and they must therefore be interpreted in this light.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284) and indexes.".
- catalog description "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 -- Generic features of early Graeco-Roman -- Generic features of later Graeco-Roman -- Synoptic gospels -- Fourth gospel -- Conclusions and implications -- Reactions and developments.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 292 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521412293 (hardback)".
- catalog isPartOf "Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 70.".
- catalog isPartOf "Monograph series / Society for New Testament Studies ; 70".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "226/.066 20".
- catalog subject "BS2555.2 .B85 1992".
- catalog subject "Bible. Gospels Language, style.".
- catalog subject "Greek literature Relation to the New Testament.".
- catalog subject "Greek literature, Hellenistic History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Jesus Christ Biography History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Religious biography History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 -- Generic features of early Graeco-Roman -- Generic features of later Graeco-Roman -- Synoptic gospels -- Fourth gospel -- Conclusions and implications -- Reactions and developments.".
- catalog title "What are the Gospels? : a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography / Richard A. Burridge.".
- catalog type "text".