"What Judd concludes is that the Gospels don’t have a single genre, but they have different relationships to different types of “other” literature (biography, historical narrative, novel, etc.) and they constitute a new way of doing things with older literary types."
Definitely going to add this book to my list (as if my list hasn't grown since subscribing to this Substack). I love this sentence and you literally put the words into my mouth.
1. The way I do hermeneutics is by viewing the Gospel in different genres and seeing what I get.
2. I do believe that we can apply this to the OT. I'll have to read the book but in my own studies I've found that books of the Bible often have relationships to other genres moreso than the static genre it is given.
Thanks for the tip. I just picked up Jesus Contradicted by Licona. Bonds work on Mark’s Gospel was eye-opening. Witherington’s Rhetorical approach (does Judd comment on that?).
If I understand what you’re saying, his approach is more dynamic taking into account not only the reader’s perspective, but also its canonicity?
Hey Dr. Bird I’ve read some books on biblical interpretation over the years. My favorite one is Gordon Fee’s How to read the Bible for all it’s Worth when I first became a believer someone recommended I read to better understand the Bible. I’ve also read you 7 things I wish people knew about the Bible book! Are there others that you recommend ?
"What Judd concludes is that the Gospels don’t have a single genre, but they have different relationships to different types of “other” literature (biography, historical narrative, novel, etc.) and they constitute a new way of doing things with older literary types."
Definitely going to add this book to my list (as if my list hasn't grown since subscribing to this Substack). I love this sentence and you literally put the words into my mouth.
1. The way I do hermeneutics is by viewing the Gospel in different genres and seeing what I get.
2. I do believe that we can apply this to the OT. I'll have to read the book but in my own studies I've found that books of the Bible often have relationships to other genres moreso than the static genre it is given.
Recommened!
Thanks for the tip. I just picked up Jesus Contradicted by Licona. Bonds work on Mark’s Gospel was eye-opening. Witherington’s Rhetorical approach (does Judd comment on that?).
If I understand what you’re saying, his approach is more dynamic taking into account not only the reader’s perspective, but also its canonicity?
Hey Dr. Bird I’ve read some books on biblical interpretation over the years. My favorite one is Gordon Fee’s How to read the Bible for all it’s Worth when I first became a believer someone recommended I read to better understand the Bible. I’ve also read you 7 things I wish people knew about the Bible book! Are there others that you recommend ?