Memory and oral Aesthetics in Matthew

The paper shows the inadequacies of modern interpretations of a first century text of the Gospel according to Matthew by drawing on present knowledge of the psychodynamics of oral traditions. Western scholarship of the gospels rests on "the assumption that ... the Synoptic traditions have to be...

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Main Author: Loubser, J. A. (Bobby) (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: NTWSA 2006
In: Neotestamentica
Year: 2006, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-86
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