Department
Seminary
Location
Bethel University
Start Date
25-10-2023 3:00 PM
End Date
25-10-2023 5:00 PM
Description
This forthcoming monograph addresses embedded genres in the New Testament and asks the question, What difference does careful attention to ‘genres within genres’ make for interpretation? The book, to be published in 2024, is based on my lecture series at Acadia Divinity College in 2022. There is little, sustained theoretical exploration of the role of embedded genres in either biblical studies or in literary studies. The heart of the book (chapters 2-4) provides analysis of three examples of embedded genres across the New Testament. One example is vigorously debated (Philippians 2:6-11 as poetic); the second is usually overlooked (riddles by Jesus in Matthew); and the last is uncontested but takes up so much of the letter that its presence begs explanation (the household code in 1 Peter).
Recommended Citation
Brown, Jeannine, "Embedded Genres in the New Testament" (2023). Day of Scholarship. 14.
https://spark.bethel.edu/dayofscholarship/fall2023/oct25/14
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This forthcoming monograph addresses embedded genres in the New Testament and asks the question, What difference does careful attention to ‘genres within genres’ make for interpretation? The book, to be published in 2024, is based on my lecture series at Acadia Divinity College in 2022. There is little, sustained theoretical exploration of the role of embedded genres in either biblical studies or in literary studies. The heart of the book (chapters 2-4) provides analysis of three examples of embedded genres across the New Testament. One example is vigorously debated (Philippians 2:6-11 as poetic); the second is usually overlooked (riddles by Jesus in Matthew); and the last is uncontested but takes up so much of the letter that its presence begs explanation (the household code in 1 Peter).