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Luke: Forms of Biblical Criticism
Luke: Forms of Biblical Criticism
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What is the definition of source criticism?
Attempt to discover source to understand the writing better
Looking at sources of each gospel and translating them
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In ancient times, people rarely cited their sources. Why?
There was no emphasis on authorship
It wasn’t popular
They couldn’t be bothered
Anonymity = mystery = more exciting
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What things does source criticism look at?
What its original meaning was in the context
What source preceded it
How the source was used
How many expletives were in that source
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What plot does Narrative Criticism say the gospels are?
Aristotle - one part was removed, it would all be disordered
The tiger plot
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What are the limitations of form criticism?
Bultmann- EC did not distinguish between teachings of J + EC
The oral period is very short
The orals traditions may not have been truthful
It neglects possibility that written forms were b4 gospels
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⭐️ What is the definition of Narrative Criticism?
A text-centred approach to understand text in its final form
Telling the gospel in the form of Twas the night before Xmas
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What are examples of types of sitz im leben evangelists would have written for?
Earthquakes
To settle disputes/info for new converts/liturgical needs
Economy collapse
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Narrative criticism argues that the gospels do not fit into a literary niche, so they are a...
Genre
Chapter
Book
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What did Gunkell cut out of the Bible?
Stories he thought had independent spoken ceremonies
Stories he thought were irrelevant
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What common forms of narrative patterns are in the New Testament?
Recurrent patterns eg prayer in Luke
Verbal repetition “you of little faith”
Similes and Metaphors (I am the bread of life)
Inclusions eg Luke = circular narrative at the temple
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What plots do narrative criticism propose the gospels have?
Tragic plots : Jesus’ death
Mini-plots eg Parables & Miracles
U-Shaped Plots: Forgiving Father
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What does Form Criticism determine to find?
Sitz im leben (original setting of the source)
Sitz im loo
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What is Redaction Criticism?
Looks at how evangelists have altered material to suit them
Scissors and paste approach
How evangelists have mixed up stories
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When did it develop and what name did it have?
1920s as Recent Criticism
1960s as Modern Criticism
1940s as New Criticism
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For the synoptic gospels, source criticism tries to identify what sources...
Judas uses
Oliver uses
Jordan uses
Matthew and Luke use (from Mark or not?)
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Who is the real reader?
The reader who doesn’t really care
The reader who is illiterate
The actual reader whose response is unpredictable
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What are the limitations of redaction criticism
People see the edits as tampering with the voice of Jesus
There are no limits
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How can you tell Luke is using a source?
His flow of thought is interrupted by unusual phrases
He tells you by using Harvard style referencing
He puts his writing in all capitals
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What does Vardy and Mills call form criticism?
A raindrop motif
A jigsaw exercise
A shoe and slipper approach
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What term is given to Biblical criticism because it covers every other criticism?
Umbrella term
Cloud term
Blanket term
Shoe term
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How does narrative criticism analyse the ambiguities?
Tight-reading
Depth-reading
Close-reading
Mind-reading
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The methodology of NC makes distinction between ____ and ____ authors and readers
Real and implied
Real and fake
Real and pretend
Real and stupid
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What is the value of redaction criticism
Provided guidelines for the BBC
Helps explain why triple tradition pieces are used different
No value
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What is the value of redaction criticism?
Recognises the achievements of evangelists
There’s no value to it
Shows how selfish the gospel writers were
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Who was the main scholar who developed form criticism?
Greacher
Gunkell
Gunnel
Streeter
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Why has form criticism’s popularity decreased?
New science has disproved religion
Possibility it wasn’t written down exactly how it was told
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What does Form Criticism do?
It seeks to determine a unit’s original form and history
It seeks to determine what form of poetry was around
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How long did the oral period last where people told the stories of Jesus?
50 years
30 years
120 years
20 years
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Why?
Because he is very picky
Because he corrects texts
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What Greek word means “judge”?
Kretes
Krites
Krotes
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Form critics say the evangelists wrote based on their original way of life also known as their
Sitz im leben
Sitz looben
Sitz im Laeban
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What does Stanton say about NC?
“All hail Judas”
“The gospels must be used as whole units”
“Narrative Criticism is a blast”
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Who is the implied reader?
Example - in Luke’s Gospel Theophilus is the implied reader
The kind of person who might read, understand and engage
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What are the limitations of redaction criticism
It’s difficult to apply - Q no longer exists
No limitations
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What are the limitations of redaction criticism
Assumed all edits are theological but may just be stylish
No limitations
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When did it develop?
After the American Civil War
After WWII by German Scholars
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What do Vardy and Mills call Luke’s use of Sources?
Scissors and paste approach
Knife and meat approach
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What does Hans Frei say all other criticisms failed to do?
Take the washing out
Be narrative criticism
Consider how the gospels are intended to be read like a book
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Who is the only author of the gospels who makes sources clear?
John
Luke
Mark
Matthew
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What is the goal of narrative criticism?
To read the gospels as the implied reader
To throw the gospels in the bin - not worth the stress bbz x
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What is the value of form criticism?
It has brought about a new consciousness of the oral period
“Produced permanent results of permanent value”
It has given insight into the Early Church’s sitz im leben
Provides writings which was before redaction - helped R Crit
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What does narrative criticism focus on?
The unity of the text as a whole
Defeating the other criticisms
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What role does the author have in redaction criticism?
Editor
Writer
Actor
Producer
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What is Biblical Criticism?
Something which studies the gospel of Judas
A positive and analytic evaluation of the books in the Bible
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What are the limitations of redaction criticism
No limitations - it’s great
It’s only based on hypothesis of what they edited
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Who is the “implied author”?
The fake author who lies
The kind of person who might write it with a POV and voice
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Who is the ‘real author’?
The actual historical author who wrote it
The author who is meant to have written it
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How does it differ from other criticisms?
It is new and improved based on all other approaches
It rejects the need to know the background of the text
It is wholly text-centred
Shift away from the traditional historical-critical approach
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What are the limitations of redaction criticism
No limits
Redaction criticism grew out of tiredness of other criticism
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In Narrative Criticism, the text is not bound by...
Its historical origin
Its context
Its author
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Narrative criticism of the NEW Testament began in
1614
1982
1884
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What was it originally developed for?
The Old Testament
The Gospels
The New Testament
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What is the value of redaction criticism
No value
Explains which Christian communities each author wrote for
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What is the value of redaction criticism
Insight into what problems first century Christians faced
No value
