Form-Critical approach to the NT

[Iosias]

Any one aware of a good presentation of tha Form-Critical approach to the New Testament?

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

I'd typically recommend going to the pioneering scholars themselves for such an introduction, rather than reading about their techniques secondhand in a textbook.

For introductions to form criticism (and tradition history), then, I'd definitely recommend Hermann Gunkel's commentary simply called Genesis, and Martin Noth's History of Pentateuchal Traditions. Both are foundational texts in the early development of form criticism and tradition history. Gerhard von Rad also worked on developing these techniques, but it is hard to recommend any one of his books.

Unfortunately for your question, all of these are centered on the critical interpretation of the Old Testament. Fortunately, two names in New Testament form criticism and tradition history do stick out- Martin Dibelius and Rudolf Bultmann. Definitely read the former's From Tradition to Gospel, and especially the latter's The History of the Synoptic Tradition. Fair warning: both books take a strictly minimalist view on the New Testament material in an expressly theological effort to 'liberate' the transcendent, existential Christ of faith from the historicism of both modern liberalism and fundamentalists. If that's your thing, than best of luck.

I would also recommend reading the work of C.H. Dodd and Joachim Jeremias on the parables and sayings material in the gospels, as well as the work on critical realism pioneered by that unsung hero of New Testament studies, Ben Meyer. Real especially Meyer's Critical Realism and the New Testament. The work of Kenneth Bailey, especially the dual volume on Lukan parables entitled Poet and Peasant and Thought Peasant Eyes is particularly good.

And all in all, the best way to learn form critical is by viewing its application as a step beyond form critical and path to the earliest church or even the historical reconstruction of Jesus through the works of the finest Jesus-scholars: N.T. Wright, James D.G. Dunn, Raymond E. Brown, and John P. Meier.

That's pretty much the best I can offer.