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The Sermon on the mount and spiritual exercises : the making of the Matthean self / by George Branch-Trevathan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Branch-Trevathan, George, author.
- Series:
- Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 178.
- Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 0167-9732 ; volume 178
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sermon on the mount--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Sermon on the mount.
- Christian ethics--Biblical teaching.
- Christian ethics.
- Christian ethics--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- History.
- Ethics, Comparative.
- Spiritual exercises.
- Christian ethics--Early church.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 352 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
- Summary:
- "What, in Matthew's view, should a human being become and how does one attain that ideal? In The Sermon on the Mount and Spiritual Exercises: The Making of the Matthean Self, George Branch-Trevathan presents a new account of Matthew's ethics and argues that the evangelist presents the Sermon on the Mount as functioning like many other ancient sayings collections, that is, as facilitating transformative work on oneself, or 'spiritual exercises,' that enable one to realize the evangelist's ideals. The conclusion suggests some implications for our understanding of ethical formation in antiquity and the study of ethics more generally. This will be an essential volume for scholars studying the Gospel of Matthew, early Christian ethics, the relationships between early Christian and ancient philosophical writings, or ethical formation in antiquity."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Sayings collections and spiritual exercises
- Matthew's moral ideal, part 1 : the fruits metaphor
- Matthew's moral ideal, part 2 : other evidence
- The Sermon on the Mount as the basis of a spiritual exercise
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Emory University, 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-319) and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Branch-Trevathan, George Sermon on the mount and spiritual exercises
- ISBN:
- 9789004424449
- 900442444X
- OCLC:
- 1129782049
- Publisher Number:
- 9789004424449
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