Story as History—History as Story: The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History

STORY AS HISTORY- HISTORY AS STORY: The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History......Page 4
Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Table of Contents......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 18
1. Story as History - History as Story......Page 22
2. Kerygma as History - History as Kerygma......Page 24
3. The General Problem at Hand......Page 27
1. Ulrich Luz......Page 28
2. Vernon K. Robbins......Page 33
3. Francis Watson......Page 35
1. Oral History: A New Approach......Page 39
1. The Professionalization of History......Page 40
2. Back to Reality: the Impact of the World Wars......Page 44
1. Oral History: Paul Thompson......Page 47
2. Oral History and Oral Tradition: Jan Vansina......Page 51
C. Oral History and New Testament Scholarship......Page 54
1. Martin Dibelius......Page 55
2. Vincent Taylor......Page 58
3. Dennis Nineham......Page 59
4. Bo Reicke......Page 60
1. Narrowing the Problem......Page 61
2. Perspectives and Methods......Page 62
3. Procedure......Page 67
A. The Major Historians......Page 69
1. The Heritage of Heraclitus......Page 70
2. Herodotus......Page 74
3. Thucydides......Page 79
4. Polybius......Page 80
5. Josephus......Page 83
6. Tacitus......Page 84
7. Conclusion: A Visual Relationship to the Past......Page 85
1. Eyewitness but not Informant......Page 86
2. The Local People......Page 88
3. The Disciples: the Group versus the Individual......Page 90
4. Peter......Page 92
5. The Women at the Cross and the Tomb......Page 94
6. The Family of Jesus......Page 103
7. Conclusion: Eyewitnesses, Informants and Stories......Page 112
3. Between the Past and the Present: Autopsy as Orality......Page 113
1. The Primacy of Sight......Page 114
2. The Need for Oral Sources......Page 115
3. Hearing and Seeing in Jewish material......Page 121
4. Autopsy and Orality in the Gospel Tradition......Page 122
5. Conclusion: Verbal and Behavioural Tradition in Interaction......Page 126
B. Orality and Literacy: Oral Source versus Written Source......Page 128
1. The Paradox of Writing......Page 129
2. The Ancient Scepticism towards Writing Reconsidered......Page 130
3. Orality and Literacy as Oral Source and Written Source......Page 138
4. Orality and Literacy in the Gospel Tradition......Page 148
5. Conclusion: Orality and Literacy as Re-Oralization......Page 159
4. The Present in the Past: Autopsy Interpreted......Page 166
1. Autopsy as Understanding......Page 167
2. The Eyewitness as Socially Involved......Page 170
3. The Eyewitness as Participant......Page 174
4. Professional Traditionists: Detached and Involved......Page 178
5. Memory and Recall......Page 181
6. The Involvement of the Eyewitness and the Gospel Tradition......Page 186
7. Conclusion: Interpretation as Reliable Eyewitness Testimony......Page 196
1. The Bias of the Eyewitness......Page 197
2. Historical Truth......Page 200
3. Factual Truth and Interpreted Truth......Page 205
4. Investigative Procedures as Interpretative Procedures......Page 207
5. Interpretative Legitimation in Early Christianity......Page 211
6. Conclusion: Interpretation as Legitimation of Eyewitnesses......Page 218
5. History Entering Into Story: Autopsy Narrativized......Page 220
1. "Lying Historians"......Page 221
2. The Influence of Rhetoric......Page 224
3. Autopsy at the Cross-Section of History and Story......Page 235
4. Conclusion: Autopsy as History and Story......Page 243
B. Autopsy in Early Christian Texts......Page 244
1. The Pauline Perspective: History as Apostolic Legitimation......Page 245
2. The Lukan Perspective: History as Apostolic Testimony......Page 249
3. The Johannine Perspective: History as Authorial Legitimation......Page 256
4. 2 Peter 1:16: History as Pseudonymous Legitimation......Page 263
5. The Perspective of Papias: Oral History as Written Narrative......Page 265
6. Reality or Fiction: Early Christian Notions of Autopsy......Page 267
7. Conclusion: Autopsy as History and Story......Page 273
6. History as Story: Narrativizing One's Existence......Page 275
1. Selectivity as Interpretation......Page 277
2. The Aim to Explain......Page 279
3. Interpretation as a Bridge Between the Past and the Present......Page 283
1. Redaction Criticism, Narrative Criticism and Oral History......Page 286
2. Oral History Not Becoming Story......Page 287
3. Oral History as Written Tradition......Page 290
4. The Papias Note: Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica III 39:15......Page 293
5. Papias, Mark and Peter......Page 295
6. Papias, Mark, Peter and the Markan Story......Page 302
7. Papias, Mark, Peter and the Early Christian Preaching......Page 305
8. Papias, Mark and the Petrine Chreiai......Page 309
9. Peter, the Markan Story and the Matthean Story......Page 313
10. Conclusion: Story as History - History as Story......Page 318
Summary and Conclusions......Page 321
A. Primary Sources (Texts and Translations)......Page 328
B. Reference Works (selection)......Page 336
C. Secondary Literature......Page 337
Index of Sources......Page 374
Index of Modern Authors......Page 394
Index of Important Names, Subjects and Terms......Page 402