Why Bíos? On the Relationship Between Gospel Genre and Implied Audience

Justin M. Smith is Assistant Professor in the Religion and Philosophy department at Azusa Pacific University, USA.

• Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS1. ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GOSPEL GENRE AND AUDIENCE 2. PROPOSING A NEW TYPOLOGY FOR GRAECO-ROMAN BIOGRAPHY: GENRE, SUB-GENRE AND QUESTIONS OF AUDIENCE 3. CRAFTING AUTHORITY IN THE PATRISTIC REFERENCES TO GOSPEL ORIGINS: AUTHORITATIVE PEOPLE, AUTHORITATIVE PLACES AND AUTHORITATIVE GOSPELS 4. AVOIDING CROSS-GENERIC COMPARISONS: THE ROLE OF GENRE IN ASSESSING AUDIENCE IN NON-CANONICAL AND CANONICAL GOSPELS 5. DEFINING GOSPEL AUDIENCES: GOSPEL COMMUNITIES, GOSPEL AUDIENCES AND ‘FOCUSED’ B??? 6. ENVISAGING GOSPEL AUDIENCES IN SPACE AND TIME: ‘CONTEMPORARY’ B??? AND THE GOSPELS FOR ‘ALL NATIONS’ 7. CONCLUSION APPENDICES: INTRODUCTIONBIBLIOGRAPHY