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Matthew's Inclusive Story

Matthew's Inclusive Story

A Study in the Narrative Rhetoric of the First Gospel

By David B. Howell

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Publish Date

2015

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

eng

Pages

292

Description:

Matthew has been described as an 'inclusive story', in which the experiences of the evangelist's post-Easter church are inscribed in the story of Jesus's earthly ministry. This book explores the inclusive nature of the Gospel by means of reader-response literary criticism. Some recent redaction studies of Matthew are reviewed from the perspective of reader-response criticism. Then, in an attempt to understand the interpretative moves readers make, Matthew's story, story-teller and audience are examined