A Biblical genre is a classification of Bible literature according to literary genre.[1] The genre of a particular Bible passage is ordinarily identified by analysis of its general writing style, tone, form, structure, literary technique, content, design, and related linguistic factors; texts that exhibit a common set of literary features (very often in keeping with the writing styles of the times in which they were written) are together considered to be belonging to a genre. In Biblical studies, genres are usually associated with whole books of the Bible, because each of its books comprises a complete textual unit; however, a book may be internally composed of a variety of styles, forms, and so forth, and thus bear the characteristics of more than one genre (for example, chapter 1 of the Book of Revelation is prophetic/visionary; chapters 2 and 3 are similar to the epistle genre; etc.).
Within the discipline of literary analysis, the existence and subjectivity of genres are a matter of some debate. This is reflected in academic discussion of Biblical genres.[2] However, isolating the broad genres of the Bible and discerning which books/passages belong to which genre is not a matter of complete agreement; for instance, scholars diverge over the existence and features of such Bible genres as gospel and apocalyptic. Furthermore, some detect subgenres—more narrowly defined compositional categories within a genre—in surrounding historical literature, and speculate that certain books and passages of the Bible may be better denominated by subgenre (e.g., it may be claimed that the book of Philemon is not simply a generic letter, but a personal letter). Despite such differences of opinion within the community of Bible scholars, the majority acknowledges that the concept of genre and subgenre can be useful in the study of the Bible as a guide to the tone and interpretation of the text.
Genres in the Bibleedit
Some of the more generally recognized genres and categorizations of the Bible (note that other systems and classifications have also been advanced) include:
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^Najman, Hindy (1 January 2012). "The Idea of Biblical Genre: From Discourse to Constellation". Prayer and Poetry in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Brill Publishing. pp. 307–321. doi:10.1163/9789004215016_018.
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