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Form criticism

Form criticism, as a method of biblical criticism, classifies units of scripture by literary pattern and then attempts to trace each type to its period of oral transmission. In other words, form criticism "is the endeavor to get behind the written sources of the Bible to the period of oral tradition, and to isolate the oral forms that went into the…

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Literary forms and sociological contexts

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related to Further reading · 33
Form criticism → Andrew, Archived, Bautch, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Tradition, Charles Scribner's Sons, Doubleday, Edgar, Form-Critical Handbook, Fortress Press, Gene, Gerhard, Get It, In Louth, ISBN, Kenton, Klaus, Koch, Lohfink, McKnight
related to Bibliography · 31
Form criticism → Abingdon, An Introduction, Armerding, Bible, Biblical Scholarship, Carl, Criticism, Eerdmans, Fortress, Gene, Grand Rapids, Guide, Guides, Hayes, Interpreter's Dictionary, John, Keith Crim, McKnight, Nashville, New Testament
related to In New Testament studies · 25
Form criticism → Alan Kirk, Austin Farrer, Brant, Bultmann's, Bultmann's Synoptic Tradition, Dunn, EP Sanders, Gospels, Hellenistic Christianity, James, Jesus, Kelber, Mark, Martin Hengel, New Testament, Palestinian Christianity, Pitre, Richard Bauckham, Scholars, St
related to In Old Testament Studies · 19
Form criticism → Abraham, As, Bible's, Das, Der, Following, Hans Heinrich Schmid, History, Jahwist, John, Old Testament, Pentateuch, Problem, Rolf Rendtorff, Seters, The So-Called Yahwist, The Tradition-Historical Problem, This, Tradition
related to The Evangelists · 9
Form criticism → Evangelists, Jesus, Jewish, Other, Parables, Pronouncement, Studies, The, This
related to Literary forms and sociological contexts · 7
Form criticism → For, Form, German, Having, It, Leben, Sitz
related to External links · 4
Form criticism → Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineBiblical, Form, Religious Tolerance

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criticism form testament oral old tradition literary new studies biblical scholars original trace gospels traditions form-critical method sources bible martin

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