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Book SynopsisAnatomies of the Gospels and Beyond is an edited volume structured around essays that focus on one of the four canonical Gospels (and Acts) and/or theoretical issues involved in literary readings of New Testament narrative. The volume is intended to honor the legacy of R. Alan Culpepper, Emeritus Professor and Former Dean at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. The title of the volume (which alludes to the title of Culpepper’s ground-breaking monograph, Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel) and the breadth of the essays are apt reflections of his research interests over his academic career of over forty years. The twenty-six contributors are internationally recognized experts in New Testament studies; thus, the essays represent a snapshot of current research.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors R. Alan Culpepper: Selected Publications and Presentations Prologue Introduction Mikeal C. Parsons, Elizabeth Struthers Malbon and Paul N. Anderson R. Alan Culpepper: A Tribute Mikeal C. Parsons Gospel of Matthew 1 From Isaiah 40:3 to Matthew 3:3—Intertextuality and Traditionsgeschichte M. Eugene Boring 2 Turning the Other Cheek to a Perpetrator: Renunciation or Upholding of Justice? Lidija Novakovic 3 Oeuvre Mouvante: The Gospels as Living Traditions Edwin K. Broadhead 4 So What’s the Story? The Role of Plot in Reading Matthew’s Gospel David L. Barr 5 Jesus was a Refugee: Reception of Matthew 2:13–23 Janice Capel Anderson Gospel of Mark 6 Mark: John’s Photographic Negative C. Clifton Black 7 Placing Bethsaida: From Mark to Matthew and Luke to John Elizabeth Struthers Malbon 8 Teaching the Gospel of Mark in Rome Robert M. Fowler 9 From Markan Narrative in Print to Markan Narrative in Performance: A Paradigm Shift David Rhoads 10 Do You not Yet Trust God’s Rule Breaking in on Earth? The Disciples in Mark Joanna Dewey Gospel of Luke 11 Illuminating “Christ Among the Doctors” (Luke 2:41–52) in the Exegetical Tradition and Select Florentine Renaissance Paintings Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons 12 Disability and Dis-ease: Body, Restoration, and Ethics of Reading in Luke’s Gospel John T. Carroll 13 The Parable of the Minas in Lukan Context: Jesus and Kingship, the Carnivalesque, and Intertextuality Robert L. Brawley 14 Murmuring Sophists: Extratextual Elements in Luke’s Portrayal of Pharisees John A. Darr 15 Breathing New Life into Narrative Criticism: Postclassical Narratology and the Gospel of Luke Michal Beth Dinkler Gospel of John 16 Jesus, God of Old and Newcomer: Rhetorical Character Presentation in John 1–2 Kasper Bro Larsen 17 Stereotypes, In-Groups, and Out-Groups in the Gospel of John Jan G. van der Watt 18 There Are No “Aporias”: Ancient Media Culture and the Problem of the Fourth Gospel’s Composition-History Tom Thatcher 19 How Johannine Signs Signify (or Don’t) Harold W. Attridge 20 The Fourth Gospel: A “Spiritual” or “Theological” Gospel John Painter For Beyond the Gospels 21 The Children of God and the Son of God in the Johannine Gospel and Epistles Stan Harstine 22 Fictive Kinship and Its Symbolism in the Literary Structures of 1 John Dorothy A. Lee 23 Discovering Psalm 156 and Its Importance for Early Judaism and Christian Origins James H. Charlesworth 24 Encounter, Dissonance, and Reflection in the Dialectical Development of Paul’s Theology Paul N. Anderson 25 Sit and Listen; Go and Do: The Parables of the Good Samaritan and Prodigal Son in Howard Thurman’s Life and Thought David B. Gowler Epilogue A Closing Tribute to R. Alan Culpepper Gail R. O’Day Index of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources
