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Author Kinney, Robert S., 1981-

Title Hellenistic dimensions of the Gospel of Matthew : background and rhetoric / Robert S. Kinney
Published Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages)
Series Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 414
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 414.
Contents Preface and acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Judaism, Hellenism, and the Gospel of Matthew -- Jews and Gentiles in the Gospels -- The Judaism, Hellenism divide -- Historical Jesus studies and the Gospels -- Qumran and diversity within Judaism -- Moving beyond the Judaism, Hellenism divide -- Hellenism inside and outside of Palestine -- Presumed audience of the Gospels -- The Judaism, Hellenism divide and the Gospel of Matthew -- The Matthean community : external evidence -- Judaism and Anti-Judaism : internal evidence -- Conclusion -- Matthew's Gospel as a Greek document -- Language -- Sources -- Mark -- Oral tradition, Matthean Sondergut, and Q -- LXX -- Source traditions of the Sermon on the Mount -- Provenance and vocabulary -- Literary Genre -- Conclusion -- Rhetorical criticism and methodology -- Primary methodological concerns -- Intertextuality and audience -- The vocabulary of intertextuality -- Audience and authorial intent -- Definitions and history of Rhetorical criticism -- Rhetorical analysis in early christianity : origen and Augustine -- Rhetorical analysis and higher criticism : Dibelius and Bultmann -- Rhetorical analysis from 1968 : Muilenberg -- Rhetorical criticism : two schools -- Ancient rhetoric in modern terms -- Ancient rhetoric in ancient terms -- Preliminary conclusion -- Rhetorical criticism and other methodologies -- Redaction critical approaches -- The Disciples' understanding -- How the disciples relate to the implied audience -- Conclusion -- Ancient Greek and Roman education -- The complexities of analyzing ancient education -- Conquest and the spread of the Greek language -- General hellenistic education -- Stage 1: primary school -- Stage 2 : secondary school -- Stage 3 : rhetorical school -- School buildings -- Rhetorical education and Rhetorical composition -- Sources -- Rhetorical composition -- Invention -- Arrangement -- Style -- Exercises -- ..., Imitatio -- Starting points : homeric and socratic works -- Homeric epics -- Socratic dialogues -- Conclusion -- Socratic resonances -- What are the Rhetorical boundaries of the text? -- Greco-Roman corollaries -- What is the Rhetorical situation, context in which the text appears? -- The Sermon on the Mount as compendium or epitome -- Matthew's context suggests repetition -- Matthew's presentation suggests a particular setting -- The content and structure of the Sermon -- Possible positions -- Literary genre : the Sermon on the Mount as Epitome literary context : the rhetorical setting -- Went -- Sat down -- Opened his mouth -- Disciples, teach, authority -- What Rhetorical need is the text addressing? -- The problems of persecution and reward -- The fulfillment of the law and prophets -- The call to discipleship -- A Matthean apologetic -- Rhetorical species -- Preliminary conclusion -- How is the text arranged and styled to address the need? -- Structure -- Exordium (Matt 5:3-16) -- Narratio (Matt 5:17-20) -- Partitio, Confirmatio, Refutatio (Matt 5:21-7:20) -- Peroratio (Matt 7:21-27) -- Summary of structure -- Major theme(s) -- General context : kingdom of heaven -- Beatitudes and tributes (Matt 5:3-16) -- Antitheses (Matt 5:21-18) -- Righteous piety (Matt 6:1-18) -- Wealth and relationship (Matt 6:19-7:20) -- Literary features -- Rhetorical questions : Aporia -- Hyperbole -- Parables -- Anaphora -- Synechdoche -- Conclusion : is it successful in addressing the Rhetorical need? -- Matthew's use of education vocabulary -- Discipleship vocabulary -- Clarifying sources -- Reshaping sources -- Revising sources -- Removing from sources -- Extensive omissions of Markan source material -- Economic omissions of Markan source material -- Revisions including omissions of Markan source material -- Omissions of Q source material -- The Greek context of discipleship vocabulary -- General use : learner -- Technical use : student, pupil -- Broad use : adherent -- Preliminary conclusion -- Teaching vocabulary -- The added weight of pa̓ssssi -- The insertions of ... -- The use of other forms of ... -- The uses of other nouns (... and ...) -- The uses of the verb ... -- The other uses of ..., and related vocabulary -- ... and other vocabulary -- The Greek context of teaching vocabulary -- Preliminary conclusion -- Conclusion -- Homeric resonances -- Issues of methodology -- MacDonald's criteria for comparative analysis -- Problems with MacDonald's methodology -- A way forward -- Comparative analysis of Homer with Mark and Matthew -- Storms at sea -- Encounters with brutal figures -- Analysis of Matthew's redactional choices -- Other possibilities of Homeric (and Virgilian) resonances -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Summary -- Areas of further research -- Bibliography -- Index of ancient sources -- Index of modern authors -- Index of subjects
Summary Robert S. Kinney zeigt, dass Matthäus von jüdischen Quellen und Vorstellungen beeinflusst wurde und sogar Spuren von griechischen und römischen Quellen zeigt, wobei ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die Identifizierung von Matthäus Rhetorik und auf mögliche Spuren von griechisch-römischen Philosophielehrern, die Schüler um sich scharten, gelegt wird
Analysis Rhetoric Plato Graeco-Roman Homer Xenophon Neues Testament
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Bristol, 2015 under title: Hellenistic dimensions of the Gospel of Matthew : studies in background
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-315) and indexes
Notes Description based on print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013762
Bible. Matthew. fast (OCoLC)fst01808086
New Testament. Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. nli
Subject Hellenism.
Hellenism.
Hellenism.
Hellenism -- Influence.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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