Matthew's Non-Messianic Mapping of Messianic Texts

Evidences of a Broadly Eschatological Hermeneutic
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44416-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 188, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Scholars often explain Matthew’s practice of applying non-messianic texts to the messiah by postulating a Christological hermeneutic. In Matthew’s Non-Messianic Mapping of Messianic texts, Bruce Henning raises the question of how Matthew appliesmessianic texts to non-messianic figures. This neglected category challenges the popular view by stretching Matthew’s paradigm to a broadly eschatological one in which disciples share in the mission of Jesus so as to fulfill Scriptural hopes. Using Cognitive Linguistics, this volume explores four case studies to demonstrate Matthew’s non-messianic mapping scheme: the eschatological shepherd, the vineyard care-giver, temple construction imagery, and the Isaian herald. These reveal how Matthew’s theology of discipleship as participating in Jesus’ own vocation extends even to his hermeneutical paradigm of fulfillment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henning, Bruce

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce Harold Henning, Ph. D (Trinity College – Bristol / University of Aberdeen, 2019), is a Professor of Bible and Theology at Emmaus Bible College. In additional to presenting at conferences, he has contributed to journals on intertextuality in the gospels.