Parable research has to a large degree ignored the Sermon on the Mount (SM) - and research on the SM has vice versa overlooked the parables. The fact that more than one third of the SM employs parabolic language influences interpretation of the text and as a result opens up a new approach. Ernst Baasland makes this, along with the sermon's rhetoric, the focus of his study in this volume. He shows that the rhetorical features impact greatly on the interpretation of the text with the overall rhetorical structure illuminating the entire composition. Insights into the rhetoric of the SM therefore serve to challenge the source problem in a new way.The parables and rhetoric of the Sermon on the Mount clarify its religious and philosophical setting. These factors, coupled with an examination of parallels in Jewish and Graeco-Roman literature, lead to a better understanding of this classical text and its philosophy of life being gained.
| ISBN: | 9783161541025 |
| Publication date: | 27th July 2015 |
| Author: | Gabriel Ludwig Schmidt |
| Publisher: | Mohr Siebeck |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 703 pages |
| Series: | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of religion Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Christianity |
Parable research has to a large degree ignored the Sermon on the Mount (SM) - and research on the SM has vice versa overlooked the parables. The fact that more than one third of the SM employs parabolic language influences interpretation of the text and as a result opens up a new approach. Ernst Baasland makes this, along with the sermon's rhetoric, the focus of his study in this volume. He shows that the rhetorical features impact greatly on the interpretation of the text with the overall rhetorical structure illuminating the entire composition. Insights into the rhetoric of the SM therefore serve to challenge the source problem in a new way.The parables and rhetoric of the Sermon on the Mount clarify its religious and philosophical setting. These factors, coupled with an examination of parallels in Jewish and Graeco-Roman literature, lead to a better understanding of this classical text and its philosophy of life being gained.
Parables and Rhetoric in the Sermon on the Mount features in the following genres: Philosophy of religion, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Christianity
Parables and Rhetoric in the Sermon on the Mount is available in Hardback
Parables and Rhetoric in the Sermon on the Mount was written by Gabriel Ludwig Schmidt and published by Mohr Siebeck
Parables and Rhetoric in the Sermon on the Mount has 703 pages
Yes it is part of Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament series
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