The Matthean Beatitudes in their Jewish origins: a literary and speech act analysis
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 th...
| Résumé: | 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 |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 143311545X |