Methods for Matthew (Methods in Biblical Interpretation)

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Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Background......Page 11
Rationale......Page 12
Description......Page 13
Abbreviations......Page 15
Academic study of matthew's gospel......Page 19
The first three approaches......Page 22
The Historical-Critical Method......Page 23
Literary Approaches......Page 24
Feminist Approaches......Page 25
Historical Jesus Studies......Page 26
Social-Scientific Approaches......Page 27
Postcolonial Criticism......Page 28
The historical-critical method in the context of current scholarship......Page 29
Text as Communicative Event......Page 31
The Interpreter as Cultural Broker......Page 33
The HCM and the NT as the Church's Book......Page 36
Source Criticism......Page 37
Genre and Form Criticism......Page 39
Redaction Criticism......Page 45
Historical/Cultural Background Studies......Page 47
Historical-critical method: interpretation of matthew 27:57–28:15......Page 49
2 Literary Approaches and the Gospel of Matthew......Page 62
Principles and Procedures of Modern Literary Analysis......Page 63
Dynamics of the Reading Experience......Page 70
Varieties of Reader-Oriented Literary Approaches......Page 73
How Gospel Scholars Use Narrative Criticism......Page 78
Why Gospel Scholars Use Narrative Criticism......Page 81
Defining Matthews Implied Reader......Page 83
Major Characters of Matthews Narrative......Page 85
Basic Plot Lines......Page 87
Literary approaches: interpretation of matthew 27:57–28:15......Page 88
Literary Observations on the Text......Page 89
Overall Contribution to Narrative Themes and Effect on the Overall Plot......Page 98
Summary: How the Analysis Might Be Utilized......Page 99
3 Feminist Criticism and the Gospel of Matthew......Page 101
Uncovering Androcentrism and Patriarchy within the Global Context of Empire......Page 103
Using Gender (or Woman) as Key Analytic Category......Page 108
Constructing a Feminist Interpretive Framework......Page 113
Feminist criticism: interpretation of matthew 27:57–28:15......Page 118
Examining the Confines of the Narrative/Text......Page 119
Reading the Textures of the Text: Responses to the Death of Jesus......Page 121
Reading the Textures of the Text: Counteraction of the Opponents of Jesus and His Disciples......Page 129
Reading the Textures of the Text: The Women at the Tomb Who Encounter the Risen Jesus......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 134
The goals and methods that guide historical jesus studies......Page 136
Question 1: Where to Find Information about Jesus?......Page 137
Question 2: Where to Place Jesus: Why Historical Context Is Crucial?......Page 148
Question 3: How to Study Jesus: Why Methods and Criteria Are So Important?......Page 156
Question 1: Assessing the Sources......Page 161
Question 2: Assessing the Role of Jesus in His World......Page 169
Question 3: What Do We Learn from Our Study?......Page 170
5 Social-Scientific Approaches and the Gospel of Matthew......Page 172
Social-scientific approaches to new testament interpretation......Page 175
Historical Overview of What Led to the Use of Social-Scientific Approaches......Page 176
Presuppositions of Social-Scientific Approaches......Page 182
Generalizations for reading matthew in social-scientific perspective......Page 188
Jesus as a First-Century Holy Man......Page 193
Centurion and the Military Institution......Page 198
First-Century Mediterranean Healing System......Page 200
Analysis of the Text......Page 203
Works cited......Page 210
6 Postcolonial Criticism and the Gospel of Matthew......Page 212
Historical Path: Tracing Origins and Trajectory......Page 213
Theoretical Foundations: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Moorings......Page 224
Methodological Configuration: Demarcation and Procedure......Page 230
Postcolonial biblical interpretation: the gospel of matthew......Page 234
Matthew as Imperializing Text – Musa W. Dube......Page 235
Matthew as Counter-Imperial Text – Warren Carter......Page 239
Matthew as Conflicted Text – Warren Carter......Page 243
Concluding Observation......Page 245
Matthew 8:5–13 as Narrative Unit......Page 246
Matthew 8:5–13 in a Postcolonial Key......Page 252
A concluding note......Page 254
Glossary......Page 257
Literary approaches......Page 263
Feminist approaches......Page 264
Social-scientific approaches......Page 265
Postcolonial criticism......Page 266
Subject Index......Page 269
Scripture Index......Page 273