Narrative Hermeneutics, History, and Rhetoric : A Festschrift for David P. Moessner /

Narrative Hermeneutics, History, and Rhetoric : A Festschrift for David P. Moessner /

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 i...

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Other Authors: Calhoun, Robert Matthew (Editor), Mitchell, Margaret M. (Editor), Nicklas, Tobias (Editor), Spittler, Janet E. (Editor)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Novum Testamentum, Supplements ; 194.

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Biblical Studies.
New Testament & Early Christian Writings.

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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • David P. Moessner's Publications (1978-2023)
  • Introduction
  •   Robert Matthew Calhoun, Margaret M. Mitchell, Tobias Nicklas and Janet E. Spittler
  • Part 1: Narrative Hermeneutics
  • 1 Bending Time: Time and Eternity in the Fourth Gospel
  •   Harold W. Attridge
  • 2 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
  • 3 Metalepsis in Narrative Charms and Miracle Stories
  •   Robert Matthew Calhoun
  • 4 Repetition and Narrative Progress: on the Arrangement of Doublets in the Gospel of Luke
  •   Wolfgang Grünstäudl
  • 5 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
  • 6 Messianic Interpretation of Israel's Scripture and the Recognition of Jesus's Identity in Luke 24
  •   Lidija Novakovic
  • 7 Corpse Care in the Lukan Corpus: the Rhetoric of Ritual
  •   Mikeal C. Parsons
  • Part 2: Characterization
  • 8 Character Studies: What Theophrastus Could Have Learned from Luke
  •   C. Clifton Black
  • 9 Paul the Mystic in His Letters and Acts
  •   Predrag Dragutinović
  • 10 Love and the Lukan Jesus
  •   Jan G. van der Watt
  • 11 Imperial Characters and Imperial Language in Luke-Acts
  •   Michael Wolter
  • Part 3: Genre
  • 12 Prioritizing Process over Product: toward a Genre of Matthew's Gospel
  •   Thomas R. Hatina
  • 13 Is Acts History? The Dog That Didn't Bark
  •   Carl R. Holladay
  • 14 Acts as a Construction of Social Memory
  •   Daniel Marguerat
  • 15 The Acts of Peter (Actus Vercellenses): a Jesus Christ Story?
  •   Tobias Nicklas
  • 16 The Bioi of Pythagoras as Gospels
  •   Johan C. Thom
  • Part 4: Intertextuality and Reception History
  • 17 The Form of God and the Emotional Qualities of Piety in the Greek Pseudo-Clementine Novel
  •   Patricia A. Duncan
  • 18 Reading the Rhetoric of Papias and Eusebius on Mark, Once More
  •   Margaret M. Mitchell
  • 19 The Lukan Character of Extensively Rewritten Passages in 127 and D05
  •   Clare K. Rothschild
  • 20 The Acts of Timothy, Luke's Prologue, and Gospel Prologues: Accounts of the Composition of Early Christian Narratives
  •   Janet E. Spittler
  • 21 A Faint Echo of Acts with No Small Implication in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho
  •   Joseph Verheyden
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors.