A Theory of Character in New Testament Narrative

In this study in three-dimensional character reconstruction, Cornelis Bennema presents a new theory of character in the New Testament literature. Although character has been the subject of focused literary-critical study of the New Testament since the 1970s, Bennema observes that there is still no consensus regarding how character should be understood in contemporary literary theory or in biblical studies.

Many New Testament scholars seem to presume that characters in Greco-Roman literature are two-dimensional, Aristotelian figures, unlike the well-rounded, psychologized individuals who appear in modern fiction. They continue nevertheless to apply contemporary literary theory to characters in ancient writings. Bennema here offers a full, comprehensive, and non-reductionist theory for the analysis, classification, and evaluation of characters in the New Testament.

Author: Cornelis Bennema,R. Alan Culpepper
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.13w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9781451472219

About the Author
Bennema, Cornelis: -

Cornelis Bennema is senior lecturer in New Testament at the Wales Evangelical School of Theology, UK, and Extraordinary Associate Professor, Unit for Reformed Theology and the Development of the South African Society, Faculty of Theology, North-West University, South Africa. He is the author of The Power of Saving Wisdom, An Investigation of Spirit and Wisdom in Relation to the Soteriology of the Fourth Gospel (2002), A Theory of Character in New Testament Narrative (2014), Encountering Jesus: Character Studies in the Gospel of John, second edition (2014), and co-editor of The Spirit and Christ in the New Testament and Christian Theology (2012).

Culpepper, R. Alan: -

R. Alan Culpepper is Professor of Religion at McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, and one of the leaders in Gospel of John research.

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