{"product_id":"9781498270489","title":"The Shape of the Gospel: New Testament Essays","description":"\"Most of the following essays reveal my interest in the significance of literary forms--both the short literary forms in the Gospels, such as pronouncement stories, and an entire Gospel as a formed narrative. I am interested in the significance of these forms, not just in literary classification systems . . . . I am interested in literary form as a clue to how the text may engage hearers and readers--impact their thought and life--if they are sensitive respondents. The Gospel stories have been shaped in ways that give them particular potentials for significant engagement. Study of literary form can help us recognize these potentials.\"                   --from the Introduction  Contents  Part I: Gospel Sayings and Stories 1 Tension in Synoptic Sayings and Stories 2 The Pronouncement Story and Its Types 3 Varieties of Synoptic Pronouncement Stories 4 Types and Functions of Apophthegms in the Synoptic Gospels 5 The Gospels and Narrative Literature 6 \"You Shall Be Complete\"--If Your Love Includes All (Matthew 5:48)  Part II: The Gospel of Mark 7 The Disciples in Mark: The Function of a Narrative Role 8 The Gospel of Mark as Narrative Christology 9 Reading It Whole: The Function of Mark 8:34-35 in Mark's Story  Part III: Paul's Gospel 10 Paul as Liberator and Oppressor: Evaluating Diverse Views of 1 Corinthians 11 Participation in Christ: A Central Theme in Pauline Soteriology","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174633619696,"sku":"9781498270489","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498270489_p0.jpg?v=1763703586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498270489","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}