RT Article
T1 Character Reconstruction in the New Testament (1): The Theory
JF The expository times
VO 127
IS 8
SP 365
OP 374
A1 Bennema, Cornelis 1964-
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1560749350
AB This article, and its sequel ‘Character Reconstruction in the New Testament (2): The Practice’, explore how character can be reconstructed from the New Testament text. There is no consensus about the approach to character in either literary theory or biblical studies. The dominant view is that most New Testament characters are like ancient Graeco-Roman stock characters. This article challenges such an understanding and instead offers a comprehensive, non-reductionist theory for the analysis, classification, and evaluation of characters in New Testament narrative. The subsequent article will show how the theory works in practice.
K1 Bible : Criticism, Narrative
K1 Bible. New Testament
K1 BIBLICAL figures
K1 Characterization
K1 CHARACTERS & characteristics
K1 CHARACTERS & characteristics in literature
K1 Narrative Criticism
K1 New Testament characters
K1 stock characters
K1 theory of character
DO 10.1177/0014524615615092