The Heart of Biblical Narrative

by Kuhn, Karl Allen

• ISBN13: 9780800663384
• ISBN10: 0800663381
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Modern biblical scholarship has long been preoccupied with the relationship between history and doctrine. Karl A. Kuhn argues that an overly rational approach to the thought of the biblical authors misses the equally important but long neglected affective dimension of biblical narrative.

Author Biography

Karl Allen Kuhn is associate professor of religion at Lakeland College in She-boygan, Wisconsin and the author of Having Words with God: The Bible as Conversation (Fortress Press, 2008).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction: The Bible's Neglected Heart	p. 1
The Marginalization of Emotion	p. 1
Emotion and Narrative in Antiquity and the Bible	p. 6
Plan of the Work to Follow	p. 10
Approaching the Heart of the Bible	p. 13
On the Emotions	p. 15
What Are the Emotions, Exactly? The Broad Contours of the Debate	p. 15
Some Proposals	p. 22
Implications: Reading with Mind and Heart	p. 27
The Cardiography of Biblical Narrative	p. 29
How Biblical Narratives Move Us	p. 32
Plotting	p. 33
Characterization	p. 49
Other Techniques Inviting an Affective Response	p. 52
Affective Rhetoric and Exegesis	p. 56
Reading with Mind and Heart	p. 61
Passionate Conceptions (Luke 1:5-56)	p. 63
The Ideological Landscape of Luke's Milieu	p. 64
The Evangelist's Use of Pathos in Luke 1:5-2:39	p. 67
The Announcement of John's Birth (1:5-25)	p. 68
The Announcement of Jesus' Birth (1:26-38)	p. 76
Mary Visits Elizabeth (1:39-56)	p. 85
Birth Pangs (Luke 1:57-2:40)	p. 97
The Birth of John (1:57-80)	p. 97
The Birth of Jesus (2:1-20)	p. 109
The Circumcision, Naming, and Presentation of Jesus (2:21-40)	p. 121
Conclusion: From Scripture's Heart to Ours	p. 131
Exegetical Insights	p. 131
Rhetorical Insights: Understanding the Purpose of Luke-Acts	p. 133
Reading with Heart: Benefits for Clergy and Christian Communities	p. 138
A Concluding Word	p. 146
Notes	p. 147
Indexes	p. 175
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