What is Form Criticism?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. |
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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 |
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apophthegms application Aramaic authentic back to Jesus Baptist basic Bornkamm C. H. Dodd Christ Christian community Christology cism concerning critical study current quest developed Dibelius and Bultmann disciples Dodd's earlier earliest early Christian early church earthly Jesus Easton eschatological faith form criticism framework Fuller Gospel of Mark Gospel tradition Gospel writers Gunkel healing Hellenistic Hermann Gunkel historical Jesus historical knowledge historicity of Jesus Ibid interpretation Jewish Joachim Jeremias John Judaism Jülicher Käsemann kerygma kingdom later legends Lightfoot literary London Manson Marcan Mark and Q Martin Dibelius Matt Matthew and Luke Messiah Messianic Secret method ministry miracle stories oral origin Palestinian Palestinian church parables paradigms parallel passage passion narrative pels preaching presupposed presuppositions proclamation prophets Riesenfeld Rudolf Bultmann sayings of Jesus Schmidt Scribner's skeptical source criticism story of Jesus Streeter Synoptic Gospels Synoptic tradition Taylor teachings of Jesus Testament scholars theological tion trans units words of Jesus Wrede York