John as Storyteller: Narrative Criticism and the Fourth Gospel (1992 Stibbe), book

John as Storyteller: Narrative Criticism and the Fourth Gospel (1992) is a book by Mark W.G. Stibbe.

Abstract

"In this study, Mark W.G. Stibbe shows how the Fourth Evangelist uses all the tactics of a skilled storyteller to promote his distinctive Christology. The book is divided into two parts. In Part One, Dr Stibbe constructs a method of narrative criticism which he feels to be appropriate for research on the Fourth Gospel. This method involves four aspects: a literary analysis of the final form of a narrative text; a structuralist approach to its genre; a sociological investigation of its community function; and a narrative-historical study of its truth-value. In Part Two, the author applies each of these four aspects of his method of narrative criticism to John 18-19. This subsequent section includes chapters which explore the literary qualities of the Johannine Passion Narrative, the literary genre of John 18-19, the social function of John 18-19 in the Evangelist's Sitz-im-Leben, and the progress of John 18-19 from history to narrative, in order to show how John has redescribed his story in a creative and poetic way. In his conclusion, the author shows how he has integrated literary and historical methodologies in his narrative criticism, thereby suggesting a new, holistic approach to the Gospel literature."--Publisher's description.

Editions and translations

Published in Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1992 (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, ).

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: The method of narrative criticism and the Gospel of John -- 1. The practical criticism of John's narrative -- 2. Genre criticism of John's narrative -- 3. The social function of John's narrative -- 4. The narrative-historical approach to John's story -- Part 2: An application of the method of narrative criticism to John 18-19 -- Introdustion -- 5. A practical criticism of John 18-19 -- 6. A genre criticism of John 18-19 -- 7. A sociological reading of John 18-19 -- 8. A narrative-historical approach to John 18-19 -- Conclusion -- References -- Index of names and subjects.

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