source critical tools

Question 1

redaction criticism

Answer 1

• The analysis of how texts sources have been edited.
• Example – how mark Matthew and Luke are diff but also the same,

Question 2

narrative criticism

Answer 2

• Analyzes the way narrative features shape and meaning of the text,

Question 3

Rhetorical criticism

Answer 3

• Identification of recurrent patterns such as repetition or word play.
• How it persuades the people who read the text, the affect we have on the text
• How the text is affecting me

Question 4

Canonical criticism

Answer 4

• Emph of final form of a biblical book and how it has been interpreted as authorative.
• A little bit more random, like how psalms are all diff and not the same or connected all the time,

Question 5

Reader-response criticism

Answer 5

• Emph the constructed meaning by the reader, as opposed to the text itself,
• How we affect the text

Question 6

feminism criticism

Answer 6

• Emph the perspective and experiences of women,

Question 7

Postcolonial criticism

Answer 7

• Pays attention to issues of imperial power in the text and its interpretation history,
• Your own life and situatedness influences how you think and read the bible,