Hermeneutics and Early Christian Gospels

Narrative and Non-Narrative Readings of the Parables of the Tenants and Lost Sheep
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-16-164248-7
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament : Reihe 2

In this hermeneutical study, Todd Brewer examines two contrasting interpretive methods to the Jesus tradition: narrative and non-narrative sayings. The early Christians composed both narrative Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), and non-narrative sayings Gospels (e.g., the Gospel of Thomas). What happens to Jesus' teachings when they are either understood within an unfolding story of his life or as isolated sayings? By studying the same parables across narrative and non-narrative interpretive settings, the inherent tendencies of these two methods can be ascertained. These contrasting hermeneutics are not only operative in early Christian Gospels, but also exemplified by modern interpreters such as Hans Frei and Rudolf Bultmann. A sayings approach is significantly different from a narrative approach, especially in relation the questions of history and Christology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brewer, Todd

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsethik, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Brewer, Todd
Born 1984; 2015 PhD in Theology and Religion at Durham University; taught at General Theological Seminary in New York City; writer and editor of the Mockingbird, a theology and culture website.