Beyond Form Criticism

Series Preface



Editors' Preface



Abbreviations



'Introduction'



Paul R. House - The Rise and Current Status of Literary Criticism of the Old Testament



'Scripture and Literary Criticism'



Introduction



David J. A. Clines - Story and Poem: The Old Testament as Literature and as Scripture



Krister Stendahl - The Bible as a Classic and the Bible as Holy Scripture



'Rhetorical Analysis'



Introduction



James Muilenburg - Form Criticism and Beyond



J. Kenneth Kuntz - Psalm 18: A Rhetorical-Critical Analysis



'Structuralist Analysis'



Introduction



Richard Jacobson - The Structuralists and the Bible



Jean Calloud - A Few Comments on Structural Semiotics: A Brief Review of a Method and Some Explanation of Procedures



Daniel Patte and Judson F. Parker - A Structural Exegesis of Genesis 2 and 3



'Formalism and Narrative'



Introduction



1. Methodology: Robert Alter - A Literary Approach to the Bible



2. Structure: Shimon Bar-Efrat - Some Observations on the Analysis of Structure in Biblical Narrative



3. Plot: Barbara Green - The Plot of the Biblical Story of Ruth



4. Characterization: Adele Berlin - Characterization in Biblical Narrative: David's Wives



5. Narration: Meir Sternberg - The Bible's Art of Persuasion: Ideology, Rhetoric, and Poetics in Saul's Fall



6. Genre: J. Cheryl Exum and J. Williams Whedbee - Isaac, Samson, and Saul: Reflections on the Comic and Tragic Visions



'Analysis of Hebrew Poetry'



Introduction



Adele Berlin - The Grammatical Aspect of Biblical Parallelism



J. Cheryl Exum - Of Broken Pots, Fluttering Birds, and Visions in the Night: Extended Simile and Poetic Technique in Isaiah



'Reader-Response Analysis'



Introduction



Robert M. Fowler - Who Is 'The Reader' in Reader Response Criticism?



Willem S. Vorster - Readings, Readers, and the Succession Narrative: An Essay on Reception



'The Future of Old Testament Literary Criticism'



Introduction



1. Narrative: David M. Gunn - New Directions in the Study of Biblical Hebrew Narrative



2. Poetry: Mona West - Looking for the Poem: Reflections on the Current and Future Status of the Study of Biblical Hebrew Poetry



Index of Authorities



Index of Scripture References