By Wim J. C. Weren

Those reports in Matthew’s Gospel by means of Wim J.C. Weren are the results of scholarly paintings performed utilizing fresh tools in Biblical exegesis resembling structural research, textual content semantics and intertextuality. half One offers a brand new idea concerning the macrostructure of Matthew’s Gospel and discusses meanings of textual devices from this Gospel at the foundation of synchronic study. partly , intertextual theories are defined and functional instruments are constructed that let us to spot numerous kinds of kin among texts from Matthew’s Gospel and co-generic or co-thematic textual devices from the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint and early Jewish and early Christian writings. half 3 solutions the query to what quantity the ways that the disciples are portrayed in Matthew is said to ‘real’ teams within the Matthean groups. the 3 successive steps are intentionally selected and are in a complementary courting to one another.

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However, this is far from a complete list. The Gospels contain a number of other texts about children. How do these texts function in exegesis? 1 Diachronic means: concerned with the way in which something has developed and evolved through time. , Simon Légasse, Jésus et l’enfant: “Enfants”, “petits” et “simples” dans la tradition synoptique (ÉBib; Paris: Gabalda, 1969); Die Kinder im Evangelium (ed. Gerhard Krause; Stuttgart / Göttingen: Klotz, 1973). 2 In the case of Mark 10:13–16, this approach has led to the following results.

They contribute to the fact that it becomes more and more likely that the story will end in a certain way and, in that sense, they are essential for the development of the plot of the book. According to Matera, a turning point occurs as a rule in a relatively short passage that is followed by a series of sub-texts in which events are presented that are a consequence of the new step that has been taken in the kernel. Because these events (‘minor events’) do not themselves offer new moments of choice, but instead elaborate on the one already made, they are not entirely indispensable.

5 Matt 16:13–28 as a Hinge Within 4:18–25:46 The next problem is the structure of the corpus (4:18–25:46). According to Matera, 16:13–28 is a textual unit. I support his criticism of the idea that this passage is split in two by ἀπὸ τότε on the grounds of the following considerations. This passage has a unity of place (in the district of Caesarea Philippi). Jesus is accompanied only by his disciples here. 31 The passage as a whole is framed by the two references to the Son of Man (an inclusio).

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