Matthew's Inclusive Story
Subtitle: A Study in the Narrative Rhetoric of the First Gospel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 1990
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780567197863
Subjects: Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. gospels
Description: Matthew has been described as an 'inclusive story', in which the experiences of the evangelist's post-Easter church are inscribed in the story of Jesus's earthly ministry. This book explores the inclusive nature of the Gospel by means of reader-response literary criticism. Some recent redaction studies of Matthew are reviewed from the perspective of reader-response criticism. Then, in an attempt to understand the interpretative moves readers make, Matthew's story, story-teller and audience are examined