EXPERIENCING IRONY IN THE FIRST GOSPEL (THE LIBRARY OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES)

McDaniel, Karl

ISBN 10: 0567180042 / ISBN 13: 9780567180049

Published by T&T Clark, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EXPERIENCING IRONY IN THE FIRST GOSPEL (THE LIBRARY OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567180042
• ISBN 13: 9780567180049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Gospel of Matthew is both deliberately deceptive and emotionally compelling.Karl McDaniel explores ways in which the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew elicits and develops the emotions ofsuspense, surprise, and curiosity within its readers. While Matthew 1:21 invites readers to expect Jewish salvation, progressive failure of the plot's main characters to meet Jesus' salvation requirements creates increasing suspense for the reader. How will Jesus save 'his people'? The commission to the Gentiles at the Gospel's conclusion provokes reader surprise, and the resulting curiosity calls readers back to the narrative's beginning.Upon rereading with a retrospective view, readers discover that the Gentile mission was actually foreshadowed throughout the narrative, even from its beginning, and they are invited to partake in Jesus' final commission.

About the Authors

Karl McDaniel is a PhD (New Testament Studies) graduate of McGill University. His research work focuses on irony, rhetoric, and intertexuality, as well as the way in which the use of these evokes emotion in readers.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.