Mid Term Vocab Flashcards
Gnosticism
A religious movement which claimed adherents gained salvation through secret knowledge of their true heavenly origin.
Canon
Those books viewed by the church as authoritative and so fit to be included in the Bible
Pericope
A short, self-contained Gospel episode such as a miracle story, a parable or a pronouncement story
Sitz im Leben
A German phrase meaning “setting in life”, referring to the original cultural and historical contexts in which an episode or narrative arose
Evaluative point of view
The values, beliefs and worldview which the reader is expected to adopt in order to judge the events and characters of a narrative
Implied Reader
An imaginary person who responds appropriately to the strategy of a narrative text
Plot
The progress of a narrative; the sequence of events which move the story from introduction, to conflict, to climax, to conclusion
Story time
The actual passage of time in the narrative world of a text
Narrative time
The manner in which story time is portrayed, in terms of order, speed, and duration.
Round Characters
Complex and often unpredictable narrative characters with multiple traits
Flat Characters
Simple, One-dimensional, and predictable characters in a narrative
Static Characters
Characters in a narrative who remain the same throughout the story
Dynamic Characters
Characters who develop and change in the course of a narrative
Chiasm
Inverse parallelism, a concentric pattern in which a series of things repeats itself in reverse order
Inclusio
A “bookend” structure in which a similar statement or episode begins and ends a narrative sequence
Intercalation
A “sandwiching” technique, similar to inclusio, where one episode is inserted into the middle of another. The two episodes are generally related to a common theme
Hellenization
The spread of Greek culture and language
