| Description |
1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Series |
The Library of New Testament Studies |
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Library of New Testament studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations and Symbols; Introduction; Chapter 1 ASPECTS OF WISDOM IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS; Chapter 2 CLASSIFYING AND ANALYZING PROVERBIAL SAYINGS; Chapter 3 ISSUES IN THE MODERN INTERPRETATION OF SYNOPTIC PROVERBIAL WISDOM; Chapter 4 PROBLEMS OF HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION: WISDOM, ESCHATOLOGY AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD; Chapter 5 THE FUNCTIONS/RHETORIC OF THE PROVERBIAL SAYING IN THE SYNOPTIC LITERATURE; Chapter 6 WISDOM OF THE KINGDOM: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROVERBIAL WISDOM; Notes; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Was Jesus a prophet of the eschatological Kingdom or a teacher of wisdom? These two characterizations of Jesus appear to be incompatible and, since the last century, the former has dominated our understanding of the Gospels at the expense of the latter. Proverbial sayings in the Synoptics have either been pressed into the service of eschatology-and have thus lost their character as wisdom-or have been disregarded as ''inauthentic'', representing a later stage in the tradition. This book offers a critique of the method of historical reconstruction which leads to such conclusions. It also sugges |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Teachings
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| SUBJECT |
Jesus Christ fast |
| Subject |
Teachings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0567517071 |
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9780567517074 |
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