The Matthean Beatitudes in their Jewish origins a literary and speech act analysis /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howell, Timothy D., 1958-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, c2011.
Series:Studies in biblical literature ; v. 144.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Why use speech act theory on the Beatitudes?
  • Various views of Jewish-Christian identification and its implications for the Matthean community
  • Major issues bearing upon a contextual analysis of the Beatitudes
  • The immediate circumstances surrounding the Beatitudes
  • Exegetical analysis of the Beatitudes : its contextual meaning and verbal threads
  • Literary analysis of the Beatitudes : understanding what the text is
  • Speech act theory and the beatitudes
  • Words as deeds : the Beatitudes as paradigmatic.