What is Form Criticism?The purpose of form criticism is to determine which of the words or deeds attributed to Jesus go back to Jesus himself and which are likely to be the product of the early Church. The author 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. He 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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Gunkels Study | 10 |
THE DISCIPLINE APPLIED BY DIBELIUS AND BULTMANN | 17 |
EARLY SCHOLARLY EVALUATION AND USE OF FORM | 38 |
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apophthegms authentic back to Jesus Baptist Bornkamm C. H. Dodd Christ Christian community Christology cism concerned current quest developed Dibelius and Bultmann disciples documents Dodd's earlier earliest early Christian early church earthly Jesus Easton eschatological Evangelium faith form criticism framework Fuller Gospel of Mark Gospel tradition Gospel writers Gunkel healing Hellenistic Hermann Gunkel historical Jesus historical knowledge Ibid interpretation Jewish Joachim Jeremias John Judaism Jülicher Käsemann kerygma kingdom later legends Lightfoot London Manson Marcan Mark and Q Martin Dibelius Matt Matthew and Luke Messiah Messianic Secret method ministry miracle stories narrative material Norman Perrin oral origin Palestinian Palestinian church parables paradigms parallel passage passion narrative pels preaching presupposed presuppositions proclamation prophets redaction criticism Reimarus Riesenfeld Rudolf Bultmann sayings of Jesus Schmidt Scribner's skeptical source criticism story of Jesus Synoptic Gospels Synoptic tradition Taylor teachings of Jesus terial Testament scholars theological tion trans units words of Jesus Wrede York