Hellenistic dimensions of the Gospel of Matthew : background and rhetoric / Robert S. Kinney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinney, Robert S., 1981-

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 414.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 414

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Matthew.

Bible.

Hellenism.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xiv, 338 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]

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

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

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

Rhetorical composition

Invention

Arrangement

Style

Exercises

..., Imitatio

Starting points : homeric and socratic works

Homeric epics

Socratic dialogues

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

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

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

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

Summary

Areas of further research

Bibliography

Index of ancient sources

Index of modern authors

Index of subjects.

Notes:

Revised thesis (Ph. D.) - University of Bristol, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161545238

3161545230

OCLC:

947280504

Publisher Number:

99971633990