Matthew : an introduction and study guide : Basileia of the heavens is near at hand / by Elaine M. Wainwright ; with Robert J. Myles and Carlos Olivares.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wainwright, Elaine Mary, 1948- author.

Myles, Robert J., author.

Olivares, Carlos, author.

Series:

T & T Clark study guides to the New Testament ; v. 1.

T & T Clark Study Guides to the New Testament ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Matthew--Commentaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 85 pages).

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Other Title:

Basileia of the heavens is near at hand

Title on series title page: Gospel according to Matthew

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2020.

Summary:

Recent decades have seen significant shifts in biblical scholarship opening up a range of ways of engaging the biblical narrative - both methodologically (the tools and techniques for engaging the text) and hermeneutically (the perspectives that inform an interpreter's approach to the text and to the interpretative task). It is these shifts that give shape to this introduction and study guide, so that students encounter not only the text of Matthew itself but also its rich lode of recent interpretation. Among aspects of 1st-century life brought to the fore by current social-scientific methodology are kinship, the honor and shame culture, and masculinity. Gender is another interpretative lens that has characterized the study of the Gospel of Matthew in recent decades and the Guide provides pathways through this rich literature. The guide to Matthew concludes with the most recent turn of the hermeneutical lens, namely an ecological perspective on what is perhaps the best-known text in Matthew, the Beatitudes. This final chapter is an example of how we can enter an old and familiar text like the Gospel of Matthew from yet another new critical direction.

Contents:

1. Reading the Matthean Narrative

Preachers of the Basileia

Preaching, Teaching and Healing

Commissioning to Preach, Teach and Heal

Opposition Mounts as the Mission Unfolds

Mission Continues en route to and within the City of Jerusalem

Final Days

2. Reading the Matthean Narrative with Recent Scholars

Historical-Critical Approaches and Commentaries

Emerging Literary Approaches and the Study of Matthew

3. Reading the Matthean Narrative within Roman Imperialism

Roman Imperialism and the Gospel of Matthew

The Meaning of Empire

Matthew as a Counter-Narrative?

Expanding the Roman Imperial Context

Social-Scientific Approaches

Roman Characters in the Gospel of Matthew

Critical Issues

4. Reading the Matthean Narrative with/in Contemporary Contexts

Feminist Readings

Masculinity Readings/Reading Masculinity

Queer Hermeneutics

Postcolonial Hermeneutics

Ecological Hermeneutics

5. Reading the Matthean Beatitudes (Mt. 5.1-12) Ecologically

Ecological Hermeneutic and Methodology

Reading Mt. 5.1-12 Ecologically

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781350008823

1350008826

9781350008809

135000880X

9781350008816

1350008818

OCLC:

1201426084