How do we recognize a genre?
nExamples of genres:
nNarrative, parable, teaching, exhortation, proverb
nExample: the Bible says ̉There is no god.Ó
nTrue, but the speaker is identified as a fool!
nIdentifying genre:
nIs Matthew 2 ̉midrashÓ as Gundry suggests?
nIs Jonah a parable?
nIs Song of Solomon allegory?
nIs Genesis 2 parable?