RT Book
T1 Mainstream or marginal?: the Matthean Community in early Christianity
T2 Friedensauer Schriftenreihe / A
JF Friedensauer Schriftenreihe / A
A1 McIver, Robert K. 1953-
LA English
PP Frankfurt, M. Berlin Bern Bruxelles New York, NY Oxford Wien
PB Lang
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1443351512
AB This book constructs a profile of the Matthean Community by using insights from sociology and studies of oral and chirographic cultures, together with a careful investigation of the material unique to the Gospel of Matthew. A picture emerges of a self-regulating, independent community with the kind of strong self-definition and tension with its surrounding society characteristic of a sect. It had a high regard for law and practiced Sabbath-observance, as well as observing the distinction between clean and unclean foods. The community viewed its members as saved sinners who should conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to those who await the soon return of their Lord. Somewhat provocatively, this book argues that the Matthean Community was likely to be mainstream in early Christianity, not marginal.
NO Literaturangaben
CN BS2575.52
SN 9783631638545
SN 363163854X
K1 Bible : Matthew : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible : Matthew : Social scientific criticism
K1 Church History : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600