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This 20 page paper provides an overview of the book Interpreting the New Testament, by Daniel Harrington. This paper outlines a chapter-by-chapter overview of the book. No additional sources cited.
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literary expression can be understood relative to the theological content. Literary criticism of the New Testament often begins with the misconception that the New Testament is a story, one that
Harrington describes as having a "beginning, middle and end" (1). This misconception can define difficulties in the approaches to addressing the New Testament as a work of literature, and
so Harrington argues that the first step in creating a literary assessment of this work is to understand its structure. The New Testament is comprised of four larger documents, the
Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which provide differing views on similar events. The first three, the Synoptic Gospels, are said to be the most common in terms
of their basic structure, language and even the perspectives presented about Jesus Christ (Harrington 1). The Gospel of John provides a distinctly different view, including different events, and lengthy
passages of discourse by Jesus, giving a greater voice to the son of God. The Acts follow, which are said to be attributable to the author of the Gospel
of Luke, and the thirteen epistles (letters), which are commonly attributed to Paul (Harrington 1). These are then followed by the epistle to the Hebrews, seven Catholic Epistles and
the Book of Revelation. There is a vast amount of information in the New Testament, hardly a single story, and these come from varied sources, authors, and theological perspectives
(Harrington 2). Harrington goes on to ask some of the traditional questions of literary criticism and apply them to the New Testament as a whole, and it becomes evident
that the process of discovery for the New Testament reflects the need to assess each different segment of the work as a whole (the canon). Because of the varied
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