Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This volume examines characterization in the four Gospels and in the Sayings Gospel Q. Peter in Matthew, Lazarus in John, and Jesus as Son of Man in Q are examples of the characters studied. The general approach is narrative-critical. At the same time, each contribution takes special effort to widen the scope beyond the narrated world to include the text's ideological and real-life setting as well as its effective history. New ways of doing narrative criticism are thus proposed. The concluding essay by David Rhoads delineates the development and envisions the future of narrative criticism in Gospel studies.
Table of Contents
Reconceiving narrative criticism / Petri Merenlahti, Raimo Hakola -- Characters in the making : individuality and ideology in the Gospels / Petri Merenlahti -- Characterization and persuasion : the rich man and the poor man in Luke 16.19-31 / Outi Lehtipuu -- Peter as character and symbol in the Gospel of Matthew / Kari Syreeni -- Naming the nameless : gender and discipleship in Matthew's passion narrative / Talvikki Mattila -- The Son of Man and his followers : a Q portrait of Jesus / Arto Jèarvinen -- A character resurrected : Lazarus in the Fourth Gospel and afterwards / Raimo Hakola -- Narrative criticism : practices and prospects / David Rhoads.