Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Determine the genre of the gospels

• Determine the implications for interpretation

• Identify the different structural features of the gospels

• Identify how the gospel writers intended to communicate their message about the person, life, and ministry of Jesus

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Genre Theory: Ancient and Modern

• What Are the Gospels?

• What Is Genre?

• Genre and Literary Types

Unit 2: The Gospels asSui Generis

• The Historical-Critical Paradigm

• Martin Dibelius on the Genre of the Gospels

• Rudolf Bultmann and the Synoptic Tradition

• C. H. Dodd and the Gospel as Kerygma

• Other Contributors to Sui Generis

Unit 3: The Gospels as Bios

• The “Life of Jesus” Project

• The Initial Assessments

• The Work of Charles Talbert

• Philip Shuler, Albrecht Dihle, David Aune, and a New Trajectory

• Richard Burridge and the Graeco-Roman Bios

• A New and Emerging Consensus

• Responses to Richard Burridge

• Craig Keener andThe Historical Jesus of the Gospels

• Jonathan Pennington’s Critique of Burridge

• A More Comprehensive Assessment

• Justin Smith and the Study of Bios

• Michael Licona and Applying Bios

• Licona’s Five Compositional Strategies: Part 1

• Licona’s Five Compositional Strategies: Part 2

• Licona’s Five Compositional Strategies: Part 3

• Licona’s Five Compositional Strategies: Part 4

• Licona’s Five Compositional Strategies: Part 5

• The Problem of Luke’s Gospel

Unit 4: Other Proposals for the Gospels’ Genre

• Aretalogy, Drama, Mythography, and Mimesis

• Mimesis: Part 1

• Mimesis: Part 2

• Mimesis: Part 3

• Ancient Novel or Historical Monograph?

Unit 5: Richard Burridge and the Gospels as Bios

• Burridge’s Criteria: Part 1

• Burridge’s Criteria: Part 2

• Burridge’s Criteria: Part 3

• Burridge’s Sample Group

• Problems with Burridge’s Criteria: Part 1

• Problems with Burridge’s Criteria: Part 2

• Problems with Burridge’s Criteria: Part 3

• New Criteria

Unit 6: The Gospels, History, and Bios

• Preface Criteria Applied

• Event-Participant Criteria Applied

• Authoritative Citation Criteria Applied

• Implications and Moving Forward

Conclusion

• Course Review

Details

• Title: NT203 The Literary Context of the Gospels

• Instructor: Andrew W. Pitts

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2016

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 4