The Media Matrix of Early Jewish and Christian Narrative (Library of New Testament Studies, 612)

Elder, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0567701549 / ISBN 13: 9780567701541

Published by T&T Clark, 2021

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pp. 224.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Media Matrix of Early Jewish and Christian Narrative (Library of New Testament Studies, 612)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567701549
• ISBN 13: 9780567701541
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Generically, theologically, and concerning content, Mark and Joseph and Aseneth are quite different. The former is a product of the nascent Jesus movement and influenced by the Greco-Roman Bioi (“Lives”). It details the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of a wandering Galilean. The latter is a Hellenistic Jewish narrative influenced by Greek romances and Jewish novellas. It expands the laconic account of Joseph’s marriage to Aseneth in Genesis 41 into a full-fledged love and adventure story. Despite these differences, Elder finds remarkable similarities that the texts share. Elder uses both texts to examine media and modes of composition in antiquity, arguing that they were both composed via dictation from their antecedent oral traditions. Elder’s volume offers a fresh approach to the composition of both Joseph and Aseneth and Mark as well as to many of their respective interpretive debates.

About the Authors

Nicholas A. Elder is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, IA, USA.

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.