This volume examines a multitude of characters in Matthew''s gospel and provides an in-depth look at the different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods. Beginning with an introduction on ''the properties of character'' and the several aspects involved in the creation of person, the contributors provide a close reading of numerous characters and character types in the Gospel of Matthew. Including Mary, King Herod, John the Baptist, Jesus the Preacher, Jesus the Teacher, God the Father, the Roman Centurion, Peter, Women, Gentiles, Scribes and Pharisees, and Romans. Such close studies aid the understanding of different issues in Matthean characterization, while also charting the development of hermeneutical vistas that have developed in contemporary scholarship, resulting in a collection of exegetical character studies that are self-consciously working from a literary, narrative-critical, reader-oriented, or related methodology.

Autorentext
Matthew Ryan Hauge (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University in California, USA. Craig Evan Anderson (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University) is an independent scholar.

Klappentext
This volume examines a multitude of characters in Matthew's gospel and provides an in-depth look at the different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods. Beginning with an introduction on 'the properties of character' and the several aspects involved in the creation of person, the contributors provide a close reading of numerous characters and character types in the Gospel of Matthew. Including Mary, King Herod, John the Baptist, Jesus the Preacher, Jesus the Teacher, God the Father, the Roman Centurion, Peter, Women, Gentiles, Scribes and Pharisees, and Romans. Such close studies aid the understanding of different issues in Matthean characterization, while also charting the development of hermeneutical vistas that have developed in contemporary scholarship, resulting in a collection of exegetical character studies that are self-consciously working from a literary, narrative-critical, reader-oriented, or related methodology.

Inhalt

List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Craig Evan Anderson and Matthew Ryan Hauge

1. Joseph: Faithful Jew And Exemplar of Jesus' Teachings
   Heather M. Gorman

2. The Passive Protagonist: The Characterization of Mary in the Gospel Of Matthew 1-2 and The Protevangelium of James
   Lily C. Vuong

3. Matthew's Herodian Kings as Gentiles
   Craig Evan Anderson

4. John the Baptist, Prophet from the Margins
   Tucker Samson Ferda

5. Word And Deed: Jesus as a Teacher in the Gospel Of Matthew
   Melanie A. Howard

6. Jesus and the Women: The Characterization of Jesus as King In Matthew's Gospel
   Catherine Sider-Hamilton

7. Like Father, Like Son: Characterization of God the Father in Matthew's Gospel
   Michael P. Knowles

8. (Re)Positioning Power Through Faith: Dyadic Power Theory, the Roman Centurion, and Jesus in Matthew 8:5-13
   Justin Marc Smith

9. Peter: A Failed but not a False Disciple According to Saint Matthew
   David Lertis Matson

10. The Corporate Portrayal of Women in the Gospel of Matthew as Narrative Disciples
    Jeffery W. Aernie

11. The Characterization of the Crowds in the Gospel of Matthew
    Robert Cousland

12. The Gentile Other in Matthew: A Theo-Ethnic Teaching Tool for Israel about to be Transformed
    Anders Runesson

13. Between Straw Man and Punching Bag: 'Pharisees' as a Character in the Gospel Of Matthew
    Eric Ottenheijm

14. Roman Rulers as Characters in Matthew's Gospel: Characterization, the Tyrant Trope, and Political Critique
    Adam Winn

    Index of References
    Index of Authors