Publication

1998 - Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky, Kentucky

Language

English

Word Count

71,750 words, Guess

Page Count

287 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number98007521
  • Goodreads1779419
  • LibraryThing256658

Classifications

  • DDC226.2/06
  • LCCBS2575.6.H634 N48 1998

Description

"The pivotal values of the ancient world were honor and shame - the worth one had in the eyes of one's neighbor. Here, Jerome Neyrey clarifies what praise and blame meant to Matthew and his audience. He examines the traditional literary forms for bestowing honor and praise and the conventional grounds for awarding them in Matthew's world. Neyrey argues that the evangelist Matthew was trained in conventional ways, and that his writing employs many of the genres taught in the rhetorical handbooks concerning praise."--BOOK JACKET.

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