TY - BOOK AU - Tucker,Gene M. TI - Form criticism of the Old Testament T2 - Guides to Biblical scholarship. Old Testament series AV - BS1182 .T8 U1 - 221.6/7 PY - 1971/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Fortress Press KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Criticism, Form KW - A.T KW - Critique de la forme KW - Altes Testament KW - swd KW - Oude Testament KW - gtt KW - Vormkritiek KW - Formgeschichte N1 - Bibliography: p. 84; 1. The form critical method: The beginning of Old Testament form criticism ; Basic principles and aims of form criticism ; The methods of Old Testament form criticism ; Form criticism and other Old Testament criticisms -- 2. Form criticism at work : some representative genres and texts: Narrative genres: Myths and folktales. Saga. History. Legend and novelette. An example : Jacob's struggle at the Jabbok (Gen. 32:22-32) ; Prophetic literature: Gunkel's contributions. A general view. Messenger speech. The prophetic word as announcement. Other genres. Setting. Some examples ER -