TY  - BOOK
AU  - McKnight,Edgar V.
TI  - What is form criticism?
T2  - Guides to Biblical scholarship
AV  - BS2555.2 .M26
PY  - 1977///
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Gospels
KW  - Criticism, Form
KW  - fast
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 80-86); The origins of Form Criticism: The necessity for the discipline: Developments in Source Criticism and Life of Jesus Research; The possibility for the Discipline: Gunkel's study of legends; The Earliest work in New Testament form Criticism
The Discipline applied by Dibelius and Bultmann: Presuppositions; Literary Forms and Their Sitz im Leben; From Criticism and the Life of Jesus
Early scholarly evaluation and use of Form Criticism: Continued use of Source Analysis alone;  Challenges to Form Criticism;  Cautious use of Form Criticism; The study of Parables: A Productive use of Form Criticism
Form Criticism and the current quest for the historical Jesus: Theological and historical Developments influencing the current quest;  Presuppositions and method of Contemporary Scholars; Examples of the Application of Form Criticism
ER  -