The New Testament as True Fiction

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A&C Black, Nov 24, 2004 - Religion - 392 pages
An original, provocative and thoughtful series of readings of the New Testament and extra-biblical texts. Making forays into literary criticism, philosophy, and theology, Templeton draws upon a rich diversity of sources. He proposes that we read the New Testament not as history (true or false) - in what is still the dominant hermeneutic - but rather as "true fiction".

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Contents

List of Illustrations 231
12
Adumbrations on the Logic
53
The Carmen Christi as Border Ballad
66
Jesus
81
Staying Happy with
95
πνέων τροπαίαν
122
The Magic of Metaphor
184
The Intrusion of a Locution and an Assumption into
210
Notes towards Notes
269
Literature versus History
295
The Plot Thickens The Song
330
Index of References
375
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About the author (2004)

Dr Douglas Templeton is Senior Lecturer in the Department of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology, University of Edinburgh.

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