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New Testament Genre
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1.0 Gospel

1.1 Prologue

1.2 Narratives

1.2.1 Infancy Narrative

1.2.2 Pronouncement Story

1.2.3 Miracle Story

1.2.3.1 Exorcisms

1.2.3.2 Healings of Diseases

1.2.3.3 Nature Miracles

1.2.4 Hero Story

1.3 Sayings Materials

1.3.1 Logia

1.3.2 Parables

1.4 Passion Narrative
      (Passio Jesu)

2.0 History

2.1 ACTS:

2.1.1 Narrative

2.1.1.1 Summary Narrative

2.1.1.2 Episodic Narrative

2.1.1.2.1  Miracle Narrative

2.1.1.2.2  Commissioning Narrative

2.1.2 Speech

2.1.2.1 Missionary Speech

2.1.2.2 Defense Speech

2.1.3 Acts 15

3.0 Letter

3.1 Praescriptio

3.1.1 Superscriptio (Sender)

3.1.2 Adscriptio (Recipient)

3.1.3 Salutatio (Greeting)

3.2 Proem

3.2.1 Thanksgiving

3.2.2 Intercession

3.3 Body

3.3.1 Opening Formulae

3.3.1.1 Request/Appeal

3.3.1.2 Disclosure

3.3.1.3 Expressions of Astonishment

3.3.1.4 Formulae of Compliance

3.3.1.5 Formulae of Hearing/Learning

3.3.2 Narrative

3.3.3 Traditions Material

3.3.3.1 From worship liturgy

3.3.3.1.1 Hymns

3.3.3.1.2 Confessions of Faith

3.3.3.1.3 Lord's  Supper Narratives

3.3.3.2 From early preaching

3.3.3.2.1 Kerygma

3.3.3.2.2 Verba Christi

3.3.3.3 Old Testament Allusion

3.3.3.4 Old Testament Citation

3.3.4 Paraenesis

3.3.4.1 Lists of Vice/Virtues

3.3.4.2 Haustafeln (Domestic Code)

3.3.4.3 Duty Codes (Gemeindetafeln)

3.3.4.4 Judgment Form

3.3.5 Closing

3.3.5.1 Eschatological Affirmations

3.3.5.2 Travelogue/Apostolic Parousia

3.4 Conclusio (Eschatokoll)

3.4.1 Greetings

3.4.2 Sender Verification

3.4.3 Doxologies

3.4.4 Benediction

4.0 Apocalypse

4.1 Vision

4.2 Letter


Genre

Aune, David E.  The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Vol. 8 of Library of Early Christianity.  Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987.

Bailey, James L., and Lyle D. Vander Broek. Literary Forms in the New Testament: A Handbook. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992.

Berger, Klaus. “Hellenistische Gattungen im Neuen Testament.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung, ed. Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, 2.25.2:1031-1432. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1984.


1.1 Prologue

Brown, Schuyler. "The Role of the Prologues in Determining the Purpose of Luke-Acts," in Perspectives on Luke-Acts. Edited by Charles Talbert. Danville: Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, 1978.
 

1.2 Narratives

Sheeley, Steven M. Narrative Asides in Luke-Acts. In Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 72. Edited by Stanley E. Porter. Sheffield: JSOT, 1992.

1.2.3 Miracle Story

1.2.3.1 Exorcisms

1.2.3.2 Healings of Diseases

1.2.3.3 Nature Miracles

1.2.4 Hero Story

1.3 Sayings Materials

1.3.1 Logia

1.3.2 Parables

1.4 Passion Narrative
      (Passio Jesu)
1.4.1 Research Updates
Garland, David E. One Hundred Years of Study on the Passion Narratives. Volume 3 in the NABPR Bibliographic Series. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1989.

1.4.2 General Treatments


2.0 History

2.1 ACTS:

Alexander, Loveday. "Acts and the Ancient Intellectual Biography." In The Book of Acts in Its Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting 1. Ed. Bruce Winter, et al. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1993.

Culpepper, R. Alan. “Paul’s Mission to the Gentile World: Acts 13-19.” Review and Expositor 71 (Fall 1974): 487-497.

Ellis, E. Earle. “The Role of the Christian Prophet in Acts.” In Prophecy and Hermeneutic in Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.

Knox, Wilfred. The Acts of the Apostles. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1948.

Marshall, I. Howard. Luke: Historian and Theologian. Enlarged Edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.

Richard, Earl.  "The Divine Purpose: The Jews and the Gentile Mission (Acts 15)."  In Luke-Acts: New Perspectives from  the Society of Biblical Literature Seminar, ed. Charles H. Talbert, 188-209.  New York: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1984.

Pervo, Richard I. Profit with Delight: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987.

Talbert, Charles H. Literary Patterns, Theological Themes, and the Genre of Luke-Acts. Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series, ed. Leander Keck, no. 20. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1974.

Trites, Allison A.  "The Importance of Legal Scenes and Language in the Book of Acts."  Novum Testamentum 16, no. 4 (October 1974): 278-84.

Wilcox, Max. The Semitisms of Acts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963.
 
 

2.1.1 Narrative

Collins, Adela Yarbro. "Narrative, History, and Gospel." Semeia 43 (1988): 145-53.

Sheeley, Steven M. Narrative Asides in Luke-Acts. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, ed. Stanley E. Porter, no. 72. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992.
 

2.1.1.1 Summary Narrative

2.1.1.2 Episodic Narrative

Dupont, Jacques. "Conversion in Acts of the Apostles." Chap. in The Salvation of the Gentiles: Essays on the Acts of the Apostles. Translated by J. R. Keating. New York: Paulist Press, 1979.

Dupont, Jacques. "La Famine sous Claude." In Études sur les Actes des Apôtres, Lectio Divina, no. 45, 163-65. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1967.

Dupont, Jacques. "Les Ministères de l'Eglise Naissante d'apres les Actes des Apôtres." In Nouvelles Études sur les Actes des Apôtres, Lectio Divina, no. 118, 133-85. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1984.

Dupont, Jacques. "Pierre et Paul dans les Actes." In Études sur les Actes des Apôtres, Lectio Divina, no. 45, 173-84. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1967.

Dupont, Jacques. Les Problèmes du Livre des Actes d'apres les Travaux Récents. Analecta Lovaniensia Biblica et Orientalia, no. 11. Louvain: Publications Universitaires de Louvain, 1950.

Dupont, Jacques. "Le Salut des Gentiles et la Signification Theologique du Livre des Actes." New Testament Studies 6, no. 2 (January 1960): 132-55.

Dupont, Jacques. "The Salvation of the Gentiles and the Theological Significance of Acts." Chap. in The Salvation of the Gentiles: Essays on the Acts of the Apostles. Translated by J. R. Keating. New York: Paulist Press, 1979.

Dupont, Jacques. The Sources of Acts. Translated by Kathleen Pond. New York: Herder & Herder, 1964.

Dupont, Jacques. "L'Union Entre les Premiers Chrétiens dans les Actes des Apôtres."  In Nouvelles Études sur les Actes des Apôtres, Lectio Divina, no. 118, 296-318. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1984.

Easton, Burton S. Early Christianity: The Purpose of Acts and Other Papers. Edited by F. C. Grant. London: S. P. C. K., 1955.

Fackre, Gabriele. "Narrative Theology: An Overview." Interpretation 37, no. 4 (October 1983): 340-52.

Gapp, Kenneth S. "Notes: The Universal Famine under Claudius." Harvard Theological Review 28, no. 4 (October 1935): 258-65.

Gasque, W. W. "Did Luke Have Access to Traditions about the Apostles and the Early Churches?" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 17, no. 1 (Winter 1974): 45-48.

Jervell, Jacob. "The Problem of Traditions in Acts." Chap. in Luke and the People of God: A New Look at Luke-Acts. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1972.

Kiddel, M. "The Admission of the Gentiles in St Luke's Gospel and Acts." The Journal of Theological Studies 36, no. 142 (April 1935): 160-73.

Lode, Lars. "Narrative Paragraphs in the Gospels and Acts." The Bible Translator 34, no. 3 (July 1983): 322-35.

Marshall, I. Howard. "Luke's View of Paul." Southwestern Journal of Theology 33, no. 1 (Fall 1990): 41-51.

Meeks, Wayne A., and Robert L. Wilken. Jews and Christians in Antioch in the First Four Centuries of the Common Era. Society for Biblical Literature Sources for Biblical Study, ed. W. A. Meeks, no. 13. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1978.

Wilson, Stephen G. The Gentiles and the Gentile Mission in Luke-Acts. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1973.
 
 

2.1.1.2.1 Miracle Narrative

Hamblin, Robert L.  “Miracles in the Book of Acts.”  Southwestern Journal of Theology 17 (1974): 19-34.

Neirynck, F. "The Miracle Stories in the Acts of the Apostles." In Les Actes des Apôtres: Traditions, rédaction, théologie. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, ed. J. Kremer, no. 48. Leuven: University Press, 1979, 169-213.

2.1.1.2.2 Commissioning Narrative

Baltzer, K. “Considerations Concerning the Office and Calling of the Prophet.” Harvard Theological Review 61 (1968): 567-591.

Fichtner, J. "Berufung. II. Im AT." In Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft, 3d rev. ed., ed. Kurt Galling, 1:1084-86. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1957.

Habel, N. "The Form and Significance of the Call Narratives." Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 77 (1965): 297-323.

Hubbard, Benjamin J. "Commissioning Stories in Luke-Acts: A Study of Their Antecedents, Form and Content." Semeia 8 (1977): 103-126.

Hubbard, Benjamin J. "The Role of Commissioning Accounts in Acts." In Perspectives on Luke-Acts, ed. Charles H. Talbert. Perspectives in Religious Studies Special Studies Series, no. 5. Danville, Va.: Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, 1978; Ediniburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1978.

Kutsch, Ernst. "Gideons Berufung und Altarbau Jdc 6,11-24." Theologische Literaturzeitung 2 (1956): 79.

Long, Burke O. "Prophetic Call Traditions and Reports of Visions." Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 84 (1972): 494-500.

Mensching, G. "Berufung. I. Religionsgeschichtlich." In Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft, 3d rev. ed., ed. Kurt Galling, 1:1084. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1957.

Michel, Otto. "Berufung. III. Im NT." In Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft, 3d rev. ed., ed. Kurt Galling, 1:1086-88. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1957.

Morgan, Carl H. “Vision and Action at Antioch: Part 1.” Foundations 3 (Oct. 1960): 362-364.

Morgan, Carl H. “Vision and Action at Antioch: Part 2.” Foundations 4 (Jan. 1961): 77-80.

Morgan, Carl H. “Vision and Action at Antioch: Part 3.” Foundations 4 (Apr. 1961): 172-175.

Morosco, Robert E. "Matthew's Formation of a Commissioning Type-Scene out of the Story of Jesus' Commissioning of the Twelve." Journal of Biblical Literature 103 (1984): 539-56.

Mullins, Terence Y. "New Testament Commission Forms, Especially in Luke-Acts." Journal of Biblical Literature 95 (1976): 603-14.

Trites, Allison A. “The Prayer Motif in Luke-Acts.” In Perspectives on Luke-Acts, Perspectives in Religious  Studies,  No. 5, edited by Charles H. Talbert, 168-86. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1978.

2.1.2 Speech

Bowker, J. W. "Speeches in Acts: A Study in Proem and Yelammedenu  Form." New Testament Studies 14 (67-68) 96-111.
 

2.1.2.1 Missionary Speech

2.1.2.2 Defense Speech
 

2.1.3 Acts 15

Barrett, C. K. “The Apostolic Decree of Acts 15.29,” Australian Biblical Review 35 (1987): 50-59.

Barrett, C. K. "Things Sacrificed to Idols." New Testament Studies 11 (64-65): 138-53.

Bauckham, Richard. "James and the Jerusalem Church." In The Book  of Acts in Its Palestinian Setting. Edited by Richard Bauckham. The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, vol. 4. Ed. Bruce Winter, et al, 415-80. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1995.

Bauer, Johannes B. "Kardiognwvth", ein unbeachter Aspekt (Apg  1,24; 15, 8)." Biblische Zeitschrift 32 (1988) 114-17.

Boismard, Marie-Émile. “Le «concile» de Jérusalem (Act 15,1-33): Essai de critique littéraire,” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 64 no. 4 (December 1988): 433-440.

Boman, Thorleif. "Das Sogennante Aposteldekret." Novum Testamentum 11 (64-65): 26-36.

Braun, Michael. "James' use of Amos at the Jerusalem Council:  Steps Toward a Possible Solution of the Textual and  Theological Problems." Journal of the Evangelistic Society  20 (1977): 113-121.

Bruce, F. F.  "The Apostolic Decree of Acts 15." In Studien zum Text  und zur Ethik des Neuen Testaments. Edited by Wolfgang  Schrage. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1986.

Callan, Terrence. "The Background of the Apostolic Decree (Acts  15:20, 29; 21:25)." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 55 (1993) 284-97.

Catchpole, David R.  "Paul, James and the Apostolic Decree."  New Testament Studies 23, no. 4 (July 1977): 428-44.

Cousar, Charles B. S.v. "Jerusalem, Council of." In The Anchor  Bible Dictionary. Edited by David Noel Freedman, et al. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Crehan, Joseph. "Peter According to the D-Text of Acts."  Theological Studies 18 (1957): 596-603.

Culpepper, R. Alan. “Paul’s Mission to the Gentile World: Acts 13-19,” Review & Expositor 71 no. 4 (Fall 1974): 487-497.

Dahl, N. A. "`A People for His Name' (Acts XV. 14)." New Testament Studies 4 (1957-58) 319-27.

Dibelius, Martin. “The Apostolic Council,” in Studies in the Acts of the Apostles. London: SCM, 1956.

Dupont, Dom Jacques. “LAOS  `EC `EQNWN (Act. xv. 14),” New Testament Studies 2 (1955-56): 47-51.

Dupont, Dom Jacques. “Un peuple d’entre les nations (Actes 15.14),” New Testament Studies 31 (1985): 321-35.

Geyser, A. S. "Paul, the Apostolic Decree and the Liberals in Corinth." In Studia Paulina. Haarlem: Erven F. Bohn, 1953.

Haenchen, Ernst. “Quellenanalyse und Kompositionsanalyse in Acts 15,” in Judentum, Urchristentum Kirche: Festschrift für J. Jeremias. Edited by W. Eltester. Berlin: J. C. B. Mohr, 1964.

Holtz, Traugott. “Die Bedeutung des Apostelkonzils für Paulus,” Novum Testamentum 16 no. 2 (1974): 110-48.

Kaiser, Walter C., Jr. “The Davidic Promise and the Inclusion of the Gentiles (Amos 9:9-15 and Acts 15:13-18): A Test Passage for Theological Systems,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 20 no. 2 (June 1977): 97-111.

King, David M. “The Use of Amos 9:11-12 in Acts 15:16-18,” Ashland Theological Journal (1989): 8-13.

Klijn, A. F. J. "The Pseudo-Clementines and the Apostolic Degree." Novum Testamentum 10 (1968) 305-12.

Lietzmann, H. “Der Sinn des Aposteldekrets und seine Textwandlung,” Amicitiae Corolla (1933): 203-211.

McEleney, Neil J. "Conversion, Circumcision and the Law." New  Testament Studies 20 (1974) 319-41.

Nestle, E. "Zum Erstickten im Aposteldekret." Zeitschrift für Neuentestamentlich Wissenschaft 7 (1906): 254-56.

Nolland, John. "Acts 15: Discerning the Will of God in Changing Circumstances." Crux 27 (1991): 30-34.

Nolland, John. "A Fresh Look at Acts 15:10." New Testament Studies 27 (1980) 105-15.

Nolland, John. "Uncircumcised Proselytes?" Journal for the Study of Judaism 12 (1981) 173-94.

Omanson, Roger. “How Does It All Fit Together?  Thoughts on Translating Acts 1.15-22 and 15.19-21,” The Bible Translator 41 no. 4 (October 1990): 416-21.

Panimolle, S. A. Il discorso i Pietro all' assemblea apostolica.  Bologna: Dehoniane, 1976.

Plooij, D. "The Apostolic Decree and Its Problems." Expositor 25- 26 (1923): 88-100.

Richard, Earl. "The Creative Use of Amos by the Author of Acts." Novum Testamentum 24 (1982) 44-52.

Richard Earl. “The Divine Purpose: The Jews and the Gentile Mission (Acts 15),” in Luke-Acts: New Perspectives from the Society of Biblical Literature Seminar. Edited by Charles H. Talbert. New York: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1984.

Riddle, D. W. "The Cephas Problem and a Possible Solution." Journal of Biblical Literature 59 (1940) 169-80.

Schwartz, Daniel R. “The Futility of Preaching Moses (Acts 15,21),” Biblica 67 no. 2 (1986): 276-81.

Scott, Julius. "Textual Variants of the 'Apostolic Decree' and  Their Setting in the Early Church." In The Living and Active  Word of God: Studies in Honor or Samuel J. Schultz. Edited  by Morris Inch and Ronald Youngblood. Winona Lake, Indiana:  Eisenbrauns, 1983.

Simon, Marcel. “The Apostolic Decree and Its Setting in the Ancient Church,” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 52 (1970): 449-50.

Strecker, Georg. “Die sogenannte zweite Jerusalemreise des Paulus (Act 11, 27-30),” Zeitschrift für Neutestantliche Wissenschaft 53 (1962): 67-77.

Strobel, A. “Das Aposteldekret in Galatien: zur Situation von Gal I und II,” New Testament Studies 20 (1974): 177-90.

Waitz, H. "Das Problem des sogenannten Aposteldekrets und die  damit zusammenhängenden literarischen und geschichtlichen Probleme des apostolischen Zeitalsters." Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte 55 (1936) 227-63.

von Weiser, Alfonso. “Das »Apostelkonzil« (Apg 15,1-35): Ereignis, Überlieferung, lukanische Deutung,” Biblische Zeitschrift 28 no. 2 (1984): 145-67.

Wenham, David. "Acts and the Pauline Corpus:  II. The Evidence of  Parallels." The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clarke. The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting 1. Ed. Bruce W. Winter, 215-58. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1993.
 


4.0 Apocalypse

4.1 Vision

4.2 Letter


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