GENRE
OT Hermeneutics
gen·re
/ˈZHänrə/
n. a coherent and recurring configuration of literary features involving form (including structure and style), content and function.
What is “Literal” Interpretation?
Dubrow
Genre
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Murder at Marplethorpe
The Personal History of David Marplethorpe
Before Genre
How we got here
Hermann Gunkel
(1862–1932)
The father of Form Criticism
James Muilenburg
(1896–1974)
The father of Rhetorical Criticism
Presidential Address
at SBL in 1968
Is “Wisdom Literature”
a Genre?
What do they have in common?
What do they have in common?
Beethoven
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
What about...
Genre is subverted and
recreated with every new text.
“Generic Nominalism”
Do Genres Exist?
The Genres of Scripture
Promises & Pitfalls
Promises
- Scientific Problems -
- Ethical Problems -
- “Contradictions” -
Pitfalls
- Anachronism -
- Arbitrariness -
- Circularity -
