Narrative Hermeneutics, History, and Rhetoric

Download or read book Narrative Hermeneutics, History, and Rhetoric written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-11-21 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in crafting their own stories. The contributors to this volume recognize Moessner’s enormously valuable research and warm collegiality with twenty-one essays on narrative hermeneutics, characterization, genre, intertextuality, and reception history. Several focus fittingly on Luke and Acts, while others press the implications of Moessner’s work for comprehension of the wider world of Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman storytelling.