Honor and shame in the Gospel of Matthew
By: Jerome H. Neyrey.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Bible. N.T. Matthew -- Socio-rhetorical criticism.; Honor in the Bible.; Shame in the Bible.
Description: "The pivotal values of the ancient world were honor and shame - the worth one had in the eyes of one's neighbor. Here, Jerome Neyrey clarifies what praise and blame meant to Matthew and his audience. He examines the traditional literary forms for bestowing honor and praise and the conventional grounds for awarding them in Matthew's world.

Neyrey argues that the evangelist Matthew was trained in conventional ways, and that his writing employs many of the genres taught in the rhetorical handbooks concerning praise."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-277) and indexes.