A Theory of Character in New Testament Narrative

Cornelis Bennema presents a new theory of character in the New Testament literature. 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. Bennema offers a full, comprehensive, and non-reductionist theory for the analysis, classification, and evaluation of characters in the New Testament

About the author

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).

Product details

• Authors: Cornelis Bennema, R Alan Culpepper, R. Alan Culpepper
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781451472219
• ISBN: 978-1-4514-7221-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 227 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Kritik und Exegese heiliger Texte