The New Testament
A Historical and Theological Introduction
Chapter
8. Form and Redaction Criticism
Questions for Review
- Define 鈥渇orm criticism鈥 and 鈥渞edaction criticism.鈥
- What are the three life settings of the Gospel tradition?
- 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.
- What are the form classifications found in Bultmann鈥檚 1921 book on form criticism?
- What are some of the chief criticisms of Bultmann鈥檚 form critical work on the Gospels?
- Presuming the priority of Mark, how can we see the editorial activity in Matthew and Luke?
- What is the 鈥減roblem of circularity鈥 and is it a valid criticism of redaction criticism?
- What ongoing value is there in redaction criticism?
- What is meant by the phrase 鈥渘ew literary criticism鈥 with regard to the NT?
- Give a brief description of rhetorical criticism.