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form criticism

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form criticism
n.
A method of textual criticism, applied especially to the Bible, for tracing the origin and history of certain passages through systematic study of the writings in terms of conventional literary forms, such as parables, proverbs, and love poems.

form critic n.
form critical adj.

form criticism
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) literary criticism concerned esp with analysing the Bible in terms of the literary forms used, such as proverbs, songs, or stories, and relating them to their historical forms and background
form critic  n
form critical  adj


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Contributors address penitential prayer with the context of the Second Temple era, the state of scholarship, confession as a theological expression, the socio-ideological setting or settings for penitential prayers, priestly performance as speech act, lament in Trito-Isaiah's penitential prayer and within Jeremiah and Joel, the concept of guilt in Isaiah, the literary lament of Ezra 9:6-15, and the contributions of form criticism.
com Written by Ben Witherington III (Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary), 1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary is a full-scale discussion of Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians, applying a socio-rhetorical approach specifically to examine aspects that might remain hidden using only form criticism, epistolary categories, or traditional criticism.
While Moloney does not reject source criticism, form criticism, redaction criticism, or textual criticism, they are subjected severely to his presentation of Mark's narrative (pp.
 
 
 
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