Kiffiak Responses in the Miracle Stories of the Gospels

Between Artistry and Inherited Tradition
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-16-154220-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 429, 846 Seiten

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

Jordash Kiffiak offers the first concentrated study of a motif ubiquitous in the miracle stories of the gospels, namely the descriptions of characters' speech, feelings, physical actions and the like in response to miracles. Conventional wisdom sees the response motif as a means of casting the miracle worker in a positive light. However, the author's narrative-critical analysis argues that within each gospel the motif is employed creatively in a variety of ways. Responses serve to characterize various individuals and groups, both positively and negatively, sometimes in a more complex manner. They also contribute to the development of the plot, both in the individual episode and in the larger narrative. At the same time, observing that a network of features in the responses is shared among the gospels, Kiffiak argues that there is a common oral tradition behind the miracle stories, originating among the early followers of Jesus in the Galilee and/or Judea.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kiffiak, Jordash

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Kiffiak, Jordash
Born 1977; 1998 BA in European History; 2004 MA in Religious Studies; 2015 PhD in Comparative Religions from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; since 2007 teaching Hellenistic Greek and biblical Hebrew; since August 2015 post-doctoral researcher at the University of Zurich.