The Matthean Beatitudes in Their Jewish Origins: A Literary and Speech Act Analysis (Studies in Biblical Literature) [1 ed.] 9781433115455, 143311545X
The Matthean Beatitudes in Their Jewish Origins: A Literary and Speech Act Analysis examines how Matthew used Jewish con
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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Why Use Speech Act Theory on the Beatitudes?
Purpose and Rationale of Study
Background of Study
Contextual Issues
The Literary Nature of the Beatitudes
Speech Act Theory as an Exegetical Tool
Assumptions, Delimitations, Definitions
Chapter Overview
Chapter 2: Various Views of Jewish–Christian Identification and Its Implications for the Matthean Community
Rival Movement within Judaism
Rebellious Movement away from Judaism
Remnant Movement beside Judaism
Evaluation of Models and Implications
A Dynamic Model of the Matthean Community
Chapter 3: Major Issues Bearing upon a Contextual Analysis of the Beatitudes
The Jewish Metanarrative Used by Matthew
Influences of a Religious and Socio–Historical Milieu
The Beatitudes as a Window to the Community
Chapter 4: The Immediate Circumstances Surrounding the Beatitudes
Semantic Observations Directing the Beatitudes
Structural Indicators Framing the Beatitudes
Chapter 5: Exegetical Analysis of the Beatitudes: Its Contextual Meaning and Verbal Threads
The Meaning of makariori in the Beatitudes
The Rationale for Blessings: basileia ton ouranon
The Depiction of the Blessed
The Results of Being Blessed
The Core of the Blessings: dikaiosune
The Inculcation of the Blessings: Matthew’s Case Study (5:11–12)
The Validation of Being Blessed: halas and phos (5:13–16)
Translation of the Beatitudes in Life and the Text
Chapter 6: Literary Analysis of the Beatitudes: Understanding What the Text Is
Hermeneutical Concerns in Literary Analysis
The Genre of the Beatitudes
The Poetic Pattern of the Beatitudes
Chapter 7: Speech Act Theory and the Beatitudes
The Development and Themes of Speech Act Theory
A Proposed Paradigmatic Model of Speech Act Theory
Applying the Speech Act Model to the Beatitudes
Chapter 8: Words as Deeds: The Beatitudes as Paradigmatic Utterance
Questions Posed by the Study of the Beatitudes
The Beatitudes as Paradigmatic Utterance
Areas for Further Research
Final Remarks
Bibliography
Subject Index
References Index
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