Biblical literalism
Subtitle: a gentile heresy : a journey into a new Christianity through the doorway of Matthew's gospel
By: John Shelby Spong
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780062362308
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-374) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: PART I: How the gospels came to be written: the litrugical year of the synagogue as the organizing principle; title: Stating the problem, setting the stage; title: Setting Jesus into the context of history; title: The oral phase: entering the tunnel of silence; title: Discovering the clue that organized the synoptic gospels; title: Matthew's dependency on Mark; title: PART II: From after Passover to Shavuot: birth to early ministry; title: Genealogy and birth; title: Joseph: myth or history?; title: The magi and their gifts: an original sermon?; title: Herod and Pharaoh: Jesus and Moses; title: The baptism of Jesus: Moses relived; title: Into the wilderness: forty days, not forty years; title: PART III: Shavuot and the Sermon on the Mount: Sinai revisited; title: Jesus' return to the symbolic Sinai; title: The Lord's Prayer: taught by Jesus or composed by the church?; title: PART IV: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: miracles and teaching; title: Jesus' journey from Shavuot to Rosh Hashanah; title: Matthew's introduction of Jesus as a miracle worker; title: Matthew's take on the work of the kingdom; title: PART V: Yom Kippur: the challenge of atonement theology; title: Introducing Yom Kippur: the Day of Atonement; title: Demystifying the unforgivable sin: Matthew's story at Yom Kippur; title: The curse of atonement theology; title: PART VI: From Sukkoth onward: the new harvest; title: The symbols of Sukkoth and the food that satisfies hunger; title: The beheading of John the Baptist; title: Loaves and fishes, walking on water: Moses stories expanded; title: Two characters, two insights; title: PART VII: Dedication-Hanukkah and Transfiguration: the light of God reinterpreted; title: Dedication: the return of the light of God; title: The Transfiguration: a Dedication-Hanukkah story; title: PART VIII: Journey toward Passover: apocalypse and judgment; title: Introducing the journey section of Matthew's gospel; title: The heart of the journey; title: Apocalypse now: the final judgment; title: PART IX: Passover and passion: the climax; title: The climactic events of the passion narrative; title: Probing the passion narrative for interpretive clues; title: The passion narrative as liturgy; title: PART X: Matthew's Easter story: a new perspective; title: Easter dawns: myth or reality?; title: Matthew's call to life.