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Jorgensen David W. <1968-> |
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Treasure hidden in a field : early Christian reception of the gospel of Matthew / / David W. Jorgensen |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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3-11-047660-6 |
3-11-047808-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies of the Bible and Its Reception, , 2195-450X ; ; Volume 6 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- II. Irenaeus, the Valentinians, and the Rhetoric of Interpretation -- III. Soteriological and Paraenetic Interpretations of The Parable of the Lost Sheep -- IV. Pure and Hybridized Strains of the Parable of the Sower -- V. The Divisions of the Law in the Epistle to Flora and Haer. 4.12–15 -- VI. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This reception history of the Gospel of Matthew utilizes theoretical frameworks and literary sources from two typically distinct disciplines, patristic studies and Valentinian (a.k.a. “Gnostic”) studies. The author shows how in the second and third centuries, the Valentinians were important contributors to a shared culture of early Christian exegesis. By examining the use of the same Matthean pericopes by both Valentinian and patristic exegetes, the author demonstrates that certain Valentinian exegetical innovations were influential upon, and ultimately adopted by, patristic authors. Chief among Valentinian contributions include the allegorical interpretation of texts that would become part of the New Testament, a sophisticated theory of the historical and theological relationship between Christians and Jews, and indeed the very conceptualization of the Gospel of Matthew as sacred scripture. This study demonstrates that what would eventually emerge from this period as the ecclesiological and theological center cannot be |
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