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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453722803321

Autore

Buss Martin J

Titolo

Biblical form criticism in its context [[electronic resource] /] / Martin J. Buss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999

ISBN

1-281-81423-7

9786611814236

0-567-14823-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 274

Disciplina

220

Soggetti

Bible as literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: RECOGNIZING FORMS; Chapter 2 BIBLICAL PATTERNS; Chapter 3 GRAECO-ROMAN THEORIES OF FORM; Chapter 4 EARLY AND MEDIAEVAL ANALYSES; Chapter 5 POSTMEDIAEVAL EXAMINATIONS OF FORM; Chapter 6 FORMAL ANALYSIS DURING THE REIGN OF HISTORIOGRAPHY (c. 1775-1875); Chapter 7 'FORM' AFTER 1875 OUTSIDE BIBLICAL STUDIES; Chapter 8 JEWISH ANALYSES OF FORM, c. 1875-1965; Chapter 9 ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEWS OF LITERARY FORM, c. 1875-1965; Chapter 10 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE: PROTESTANT ANALYSES LARGELY BY OR FOR NONSPECIALISTS, c. 1875-1965

Chapter 11 GUNKEL IN HIS CONTEXTChapter 12 FORM IN PROTESTANT NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP, c. 1875-1965; Chapter 13 FORM IN SPECIALIST PROTESTANT STUDIES OF THE HEBREW BIBLE, c. 1915-1965; Chapter 14 CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This magnum opus is not another catalogue of the forms of biblical literature, but a deeply reflected account of the significance of form itself. Buss writes out of his experience in Western philosophy and the intricate involvement of biblical criticism in philosophical history. Equally, biblical criticism and the development of notions of form are



related to social contexts, whether from the side of the aristocracy (tending towards generality) or of the bourgeois (tending towards particularity) or of an inclusive society (favouring a relational view). Form criticism, in Buss's conception, is