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These Studies in Matthew’s Gospel by Wim J.C. Weren are the result of scholarly work carried out using recent methods in Biblical exegesis such as structural analysis, text semantics and intertextuality. Part One presents a new proposal regarding the macrostructure of Matthew’s Gospel and discusses meanings of textual units from this Gospel on the basis of synchronic research. In Part Two, intertextual theories are described and practical tools are developed that enable us to identify various types of relations between texts from Matthew’s Gospel and co-generic or co-thematic textual units from the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint and early Jewish and early Christian writings. Part Three answers the question to what extent the ways in which the disciples are portrayed in Matthew is related to ‘real’ groups in the Matthean communities. The three successive steps are deliberately chosen and are in a complementary relationship to each other.
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Studies in Matthew’s Gospel
Biblical Interpretation Series Editors in Chief Paul Anderson (George Fox University) Yvonne Sherwood (University of Kent) Editorial Board A.K.M. Adam (University of Oxford) Roland Boer (University of Newcastle, Australia) Musa Dube (University of Botswana) Jennifer L. Koosed (Albright College, Reading, usa) Vernon Robbins (Emory University) Annette Schellenberg (Theological Seminary, San Francisco) Carolyn J. Sharp (Yale Divinity School) Johanna Stiebert (University of Leeds, uk) Duane Watson (Malone University, usa) Ruben Zimmermann ( Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
VOLUME 130
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Studies in Matthew’s Gospel Literary Design, Intertextuality, and Social Setting By
Wim J.C. Weren
LEIDEN | BOSTON
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weren, Wilhelmus Johannes Cornelis. Studies in Matthew’s gospel : literary design, intertextuality, and social setting / by Wim J.C. Weren. pages cm. — (Biblical interpretation series, ISSN 0928-0731 ; Volume 130) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-25495-4 (hardback : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-90-04-28051-9 (e-book) 1. Bible. Matthew—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title. BS2575.52.W46 2014 226.2’06—dc23
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Contents Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1
PART 1 Literary Design 1 The Macrostructure of Matthew’s Gospel: A New Proposal 13 2 Children in Matthew’s Gospel: A Text-Semantic Analysis 42 3 Secret Knowledge and Divine Revelation in Matthew’s Gospel 52 4 Human Body and Life beyond Death in Matthew’s Gospel 71
PART 2 Intertextuality 5 Intertextuality: Theories and Practices 91 6 The Five Women