Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple

Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple

Welch, John W.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2009

272

Dura

Inglês

9780754651642

15 a 20 dias

Offers insights into the Sermon on the Mount by seeing it in the shadow of the all-pervasive Temple in Jerusalem, which dominated the religious landscape of the world of Jesus and his earliest disciples. This book analyzes "Matthew" 5-7 in light of biblical and Jewish backgrounds, ritual studies, and oral performances in early Christian worship.
Contents: Preface; The quest for a unifying understanding of the Sermon on the Mount; The temple on the mount; Hearing a temple register in the Beatitudes; The creation of a new covenantal relationship; A higher order of righteousness and consecration; Blessings and consequences of righteousness or unrighteousness; Unifying the Sermon with temple themes and ritual theory; Conclusions and further implications; Select bibliography; Indexes.
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