What is Form Criticism?

Front Cover
Wipf and Stock Publishers, Sep 29, 1997 - Religion - 96 pages
Dr. McKnight begins his analysis of form criticism with a brief historical survey of the development of critical New Testament scholarship from the eighteenth century. He then describes the pioneer efforts of Martin Dibelius and Rudolf Bultmann in applying form criticism to the synoptic Gospels. Professor McKnight believes that the form critical work of some contemporary scholars has greatly enriched our understanding of the Parables, and has added much to our knowledge about the historical Jesus.
 

Contents

THE DISCIPLINE APPLIED BY DIBELIUS AND BULTMANN
17
EARLY SCHOLARLY EVALUATION AND USE OF FORM
38
FORM CRITICISM AND THE CURRENT QUEST FOR
57
GLOSSARY
79
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Bibliographic information