Experiencing a biblical self-consuming artifact: Jesus’ genealogy (Matt 1:2-17)
Matt 1:17 indicates that Jesus’ genealogy is formed by three series of fourteen generations; however, this total number of generations does not match the preceding list in Matt 1:2-16. Interpreters have proposed multiple ways to understand this inconsistency which have yet to be collected and evalua...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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De Gruyter
2020
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Journal of the bible and its reception
Année: 2020, Volume: 7, Numéro: 2, Pages: 115-146 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Stammbaum Jesu
/ Réception <scientifique>
/ Fish, Stanley Eugene 1938-
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| Classifications IxTheo: | CD Christianisme et culture HC Nouveau Testament |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Matt 1:2-17
B Genealogy B Davidic messiah B Reader-response B Stanley Fish B Gospel of Matthew B Reception History B self-consuming artifact |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | Matt 1:17 indicates that Jesus’ genealogy is formed by three series of fourteen generations; however, this total number of generations does not match the preceding list in Matt 1:2-16. Interpreters have proposed multiple ways to understand this inconsistency which have yet to be collected and evaluated. A double literature review displays the limitations of this seemingly insoluble biblical conundrum. This article presents the tension between verse 17 and verses 2-17 of Matthew’s gospel as a puzzling reading experience that can best be described, in line with Stanley Fish, as a self-consuming artifact: an experience of incongruity in which the text and the reader are transformed through a process of negation. This approach also highlights other potential reversals in Matthew 1, such as Davidic traditions, that can yield a renewed outlook on this gospel. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2019-0009 |