The New Testament

A Historical and Theological Introduction

Chapter

8. Form and Redaction Criticism

Questions for Review

  1. Define 鈥渇orm criticism鈥 and 鈥渞edaction criticism.鈥
  2. What are the three life settings of the Gospel tradition?
  3. Explain the significance of Schmidt鈥檚 1919 book on form criticism. Do the same for the book written by Dibelius published in the same year.
  4. What are the form classifications found in Bultmann鈥檚 1921 book on form criticism?
  5. What are some of the chief criticisms of Bultmann鈥檚 form critical work on the Gospels?
  6. Presuming the priority of Mark, how can we see the editorial activity in Matthew and Luke?
  7. What is the 鈥減roblem of circularity鈥 and is it a valid criticism of redaction criticism?
  8. What ongoing value is there in redaction criticism?
  9. What is meant by the phrase 鈥渘ew literary criticism鈥 with regard to the NT?
  10. Give a brief description of rhetorical criticism.