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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461841803321

Autore

Carter Warren <1955->

Titolo

Households and discipleship : a study of Matthew 19-20 / / Warren Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : JSOT Press, , [1994]

©1994

ISBN

1-283-20134-8

9786613201348

0-567-63235-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 103

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

226.2/06

Soggetti

Christian life - Biblical teaching

Families - Biblical teaching

Households - Biblical teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-228) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THE COHERENCY OF MATTHEW 19-20 AND MATT HAEAN DISCIPLESHIP?; Chapter 2 METHODS; Chapter 3 MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE: MATTHEW 19.3-12; Chapter 4 CHILDREN, HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES AND DISCIPLESHIP:MATTHEW 19.13-15; Chapter 5 DISCIPLESHIP AND WEALTH: MATTHEW 19.16-30; Chapter 6 THE PARABLE OF THE HOUSEHOLDER: MATTHEW 20.1-16; Chapter 7 'IT SHALL NOT BE SO AMONG YOU': MATTHEW 20.17-28; Chapter 8 OPENING EYES: MATTHEW 20.29-34; Chapter 9 CONCLUSION; Select Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This study addresses the question of whether a coherent sequence of pericopes can be identified in Matthew chapters 19-20. Employing audience-oriented criticism, it argues that the authorial audience's knowledge of the philosophical tradition concerning household structures provides that coherent sequence. But the audience also



encounters in these chapters a critique of the household tradition's patriarchal and hierarchical structure of the rule of husband over wife, father over children, master over slaves, and the accumulation of wealth as an indicator of social identity. It understands that