The Heart of Biblical Narrative: Rediscovering Biblical Appeal to the Emotions
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The Heart of Biblical Narrative: Rediscovering Biblical Appeal to the Emotions  -     By: Karl Allen Kuhn

The Heart of Biblical Narrative: Rediscovering Biblical Appeal to the Emotions

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Title: The Heart of Biblical Narrative: Rediscovering Biblical Appeal to the Emotions
By: Karl Allen Kuhn
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
Vendor: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2009
Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 0800663381
ISBN-13: 9780800663384
Stock No: WW663384

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Modern biblical scholarship has long been preoccupied with therelationship between history and doctrine. Karl A. Kuhn argues that anoverly rational approach to the thought of the biblical authors missesthe equally important but long neglected affective dimension ofbiblical narrative.

In Part I of The Heart of Biblical Narrative, Kuhn presents anapproach to the Bible that applies "affective analysis" to get at a"cardiography of biblical narrative." Biblical narrative in bothIsrael's scripture and the New Testament is understood fundamentallyas an attempt to persuade and move the reader, not simply to convincethe reader of certain truths.

In Part II, Kuhn's close reading of the opening chapters of Luke'sGospel shows how biblical authors employed pathos as a way of drawingreaders into their narrative and, thereby, their understanding of reality.

Author Bio

Karl Allen Kuhn is professor of religion at Lakeland College and an ordained clergy in the United Church of Christ. He has authored The Heart of Biblical Narrative: Rediscovering Biblical Appeal to the Emotions (2009), Having Words with God: The Bible as Conversation (2008), both from Fortress Press, and The Kingdom According to Luke and Acts (2015).

Author Bio

Karl Allen Kuhn is professor of religion at Lakeland College and an ordained clergy in the United Church of Christ. He has authored The Heart of Biblical Narrative: Rediscovering Biblical Appeal to the Emotions (2009), Having Words with God: The Bible as Conversation (2008), both from Fortress Press, and The Kingdom According to Luke and Acts (2015).

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