Narrative hermeneutics, history, and rhetoric a festschrift for David P. Moessner edited by Robert Matthew Calhoun, Margaret M. Mitchell, Tobias Nicklas, Janet E. Spittler

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moessner, David P., 1949- honoree.

Calhoun, Robert Matthew, 1971- editor.

Mitchell, Margaret M., 1956- editor.

Nicklas, Tobias, 1967- editor.

Spittler, Janet E., 1976- editor.

Series:

Supplements to Novum Testamentum v. 194

Supplements to Novum Testamentum volume 194

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Luke--Hermeneutics.

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Acts--Hermeneutics.

Narration in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston Brill [2025]

Summary:

"David P. Moessner has pioneered the study of early Christian narrative both through the investigation of the principles and methods of good storytelling outlined by ancient authors, and through the demonstration that Christians, especially the author of Luke-Acts, used these principles and methods in crafting their own stories. The contributors to this volume recognize Moessner's enormously valuable research and warm collegiality with twenty-one essays on narrative hermeneutics, characterization, genre, intertextuality, and reception history. Several focus fittingly on Luke and Acts, while others press the implications of Moessner's work for comprehension of the wider world of Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman storytelling"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

David P. Moessner's publications (1978-2023)

Introduction / Robert Matthew Calhoun, Margaret M. Mitchell, Tobias Nicklas, Janet E. Spittler

Part 1: Narrative hermeneutics. Bending time : time and eternity in the Fourth Gospel Harold W. Attridge The beheading of John the Baptizer and the mutilation of Masistes's wife (Mark 6:17-29, Esther, Josephus, Ant. 18.116-119, and Herodotus, Hist. 9.109-112) Cilliers Breytenbach Metalepsis in narrative charms and miracle stories Robert Matthew Calhoun Repetition and narrative progress : on the arrangement of doublets in the Gospel of Luke Wolfgang Grünstäudl Hopes of resurrection in Greek texts of early Judaism : narrative theology in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve in light of the Septuagint translation of the Psalms, Sirach, and Job Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr Messianic interpretation of Israel's scripture and the recognition of Jesus's identity in Luke 24 Lidija Novakovic Corpse care in the Lukan corpus : the rhetoric of ritual Mikeal C. Parsons

Part 2: Characterization. Character Studies : what Theophrastus could have learned from Luke C. Clifton Black Paul the Mystic in his letters and Acts Predrag Dragutinović Love and the Lukan Jesus Jan G. van der Watt Imperial characters and imperial language in Luke-Acts Michael Wolter

Part 3: Genre. Prioritizing process over product : toward a genre of Matthew's Gospel Thomas R. Hatina Is Acts history? : the dog that didn't bark Carl R. Holladay Acts as a construction of social memory Daniel Marguerat The Acts of Peter (Actus Vercellenses) : a Jesus Christ story? Tobias Nicklas The bioi of Pythagoras as Gospels Johan C. Thom

Part 4: Intertextuality and reception history. The form of God and the emotional qualities of piety in the Greek Pseudo-Clementine novel Patricia A. Duncan Reading the rhetoric of Papias and Eusebius on Mark, once more Margaret M. Mitchell The Lukan character of extensively rewritten passages in 127 and D05 Clare K. Rothschild The Acts of Timothy, Luke's prologue, and gospel prologues : accounts of the composition of early Christian narratives Janet E. Spittler A faint echo of Acts with no small implication in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho Joseph Verheyden

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Other Format:

Print version Narrative hermeneutics, history, and rhetoric

ISBN:

9789004702004

9004702008

OCLC:

1482464046

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