Irony in the Matthean Passion Narrative

Irony in the Matthean Passion Narrative
Author: InHee C. Berg
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2014
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451470339

Irony is a rhetorical and literary device for revealing what is hidden behind what is seen. This book provides a history of different definitions of irony, from Aristophanes to Booth; discusses the constitutive formal elements of irony and the functions of irony; and then studies particular aspects of the Matthean Passion Narrative.

Israel's Last Prophet

Israel's Last Prophet
Author: David L. Turner
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2015
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 1451470053

Jesus words of indictment and judgment in the Gospel according to Matthew have fueled centuries of Christian anti-Judaism. But what did those words originally mean within Matthews narrative? David L. Turner examines how Matthew has taken up Deuteronomic themes of prophetic rejection and judgment and woven them throughout the Gospel, culminating in Matthew 23:32. Matthew was engaged in a heated intramural dispute with other Jewish groups, Turner argues. The legacy of Christian anti-Jewish violence reflects a gross misunderstanding of Matthew by generations who have failed to recognize the authors worldview and allusions.

Redemptive Reversals and the Ironic Overturning of Human Wisdom

Redemptive Reversals and the Ironic Overturning of Human Wisdom
Author: Gregory K. Beale
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433563312

“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” –Matthew 19:30 The Bible is full of ironic situations in which God overturns the world’s wisdom by doing the opposite of what is expected—people are punished by their own sin, the persecution of the church is the catalyst for its growth, Paul claims to have strength through weakness, and more. In this book, biblical scholar G. K. Beale explores God’s pattern of divine irony in both judgment and salvation, finding its greatest expression in Jesus’s triumph over death through death on a cross. Unpacking this pattern throughout redemptive history, Beale shows us how God often uses what is seemingly weak and foolish to underscore his own strength and power in the lives of his people today.

Scandalous

Scandalous
Author: D. A. Carson
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2010-02-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433523787

How are Christians to approach the central gospel teachings concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus? The Bible firmly establishes the historicity of these events and doesn't leave their meanings ambiguous or open to interpretation. Even so, there is an irony and surprising strangeness to the cross. Carson shows that this strange irony has deep implications for our lives as he examines the history and theology of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection. Scandalous highlights important theological truths in accessible and applicable ways. Both amateur theologians and general readers will appreciate how Carson deftly preserves weighty theology while simultaneously noting the broader themes of Jesus' death and resurrection. Through exposition of five primary passages of Scripture, Carson helps us to more fully understand and appreciate the scandal of the cross.

The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in Matthew's Passion Narrative

The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in Matthew's Passion Narrative
Author: Wongi Park
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2019-01-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3030023788

In Matthew’s passion narrative, the ethnoracial identity of Jesus comes into sharp focus. The repetition of the title “King of the Judeans” foregrounds the politics of race and ethnicity. Despite the explicit use of terminology, previous scholarship has understood the title curiously in non-ethnoracial ways. This book takes the peculiar omission in the history of interpretation as its point of departure. It provides an expanded ethnoracial reading of the text, and poses a fundamental ideological question that interrogates the pattern in the larger context of modern biblical scholarship. Wongi Park issues a critique of the dominant narrative and presents an alternative reading of Matthew’s passion narrative. He identifies a critical vocabulary and framework of analysis to decode the politics of race and ethnicity implicit in the history of interpretation. Ultimately, the book lends itself to a broader research agenda: the destabilization of the dominant narrative of early Christianity’s non-ethnoracial origins.

What is Narrative Criticism?

What is Narrative Criticism?
Author: Mark Allan Powell
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 144
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451413724

The first nontechnical description of the principles and procedures of narrative criticism. Written for students' and pastors' use in their own exegesis.With great clarity Powell outlines the principles and procedures that narrative critics follow in exegesis of gospel texts and explains concepts such as "point of view," "narration," "irony," and "symbolism." Chapters are devoted to each of the three principal elements of narrative: events, characters, and settings; and case studies are provided to illustrate how the method is applied in each instance. The book concludes with an honest appraisal of the contribution that narrative criticism makes, a consideration of objections that have been raised against the use of this method, and a discussion of the hermeneutical implications this method raises for the church.

Reading with a Passion

Reading with a Passion
Author: Jeffrey Lloyd Staley
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

"A pioneering exercise in autobiographical biblical interpretation". -- R. Alan Culpepper "Remarkably moving. One of the best critiques of New Testament reader-response criticism..". -- Mary Gerhart

Christian Theology After the Shoah

Christian Theology After the Shoah
Author: James F. Moore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1993
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Holds that in the aftermath of the Shoah, any Christian theology must be constructed so that it does not in any way reproduce the "teaching of contempt" toward the Jews that has been implicit in much Christian thinking and which contributed to the Holocaust. Proposes that any statement of Christian theology must be judged on the basis of how it would be received by Jewish partners in dialogue. Christian theology must "safeguard the legitimacy of Judaism". Attempts a "midrashic" interpretation of Christian theology, shifting away from a focus on Jesus and toward a Torah-centered theology. Contends that genuine Christianity is marked by the themes of resistance and rescue. Examines Christian scriptures from this perspective.