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A Narrative-critical Examination of the Effect of Matthew 1:1-4:11 on the Implied Audience's Understanding of that Gospel's Resurrection Narrative.

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Title/Author:	A Narrative-critical Examination of the Effect of Matthew 1:1-4:11 on the Implied Audience's Understanding of that Gospel's Resurrection Narrative./
Author:	Main, Brian.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	279 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-12, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International80-12A.
Subject:	Religion. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13812201
ISBN:	9781392225073

A Narrative-critical Examination of the Effect of Matthew 1:1-4:11 on the Implied Audience's Understanding of that Gospel's Resurrection Narrative.
Main, Brian.

A Narrative-critical Examination of the Effect of Matthew 1:1-4:11 on the Implied Audience's Understanding of that Gospel's Resurrection Narrative. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 279 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-12, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2019.

This item must not be added to any third party search indexes.

Despite the importance accorded to Jesus' resurrection in the New Testament, scholars and preachers often fail to articulate its significance in a way that reflects that importance. In particular, historical-critical approaches to Matthew's Gospel have failed to explain the significance of Jesus' resurrection within that Gospel's wider literary context. They have also failed to appreciate the many verbal and conceptual parallels between Matthew's prologue and resurrection narrative.In order to understand better the significance of Jesus' resurrection in Matthew's Gospel, this dissertation applies the methodology of narrative criticism (Chapter One) to its prologue (defined, following several Matthean scholars, as 1:1-4:11). The prologue was chosen both because of its numerous parallels with the resurrection narrative (Chapter Two) and because of its role in establishing the initial literary context in which the remainder of the Gospel must be understood. Since narrative criticism seeks to understand the effect of a narrative on its implied audience, this narrative-critical analysis examines in turn the effects of characterization (Chapters Three and Four), setting (Chapter Five), plot (Chapter Six), and ideological point of view (Chapter Seven) on the implied audience's understanding of Jesus' resurrection in Matthew.The characterization of Jesus as the promised Messiah establishes the expectation that his arrival will result in the reestablishment of the Davidic kingdom that had ended with the exile. Aspects of the setting, including the unresolved exile seen in Matthew's genealogy and the presence of foreign oppression, highlight the need of God's people for Jesus to reestablish that kingdom. The development of the plot shows that, in order to reestablish the kingdom, Jesus will have to overcome the opposition of foreign rulers, apathetic Jewish leaders, and the devil. The ideological point of view developed in the prologue, which influences the implied audience's understanding of all that follows, is that Jesus is the promised Messiah who will reestablish the kingdom promised by God despite various types of opposition. His death, therefore, appears as his defeat.In the context provided by Matthew's prologue, Jesus' resurrection is understood as the overcoming of opposition to his messianic mission to reestablish God's kingdom in fulfillment of God's promises to David and to Abraham. This interpretation of Jesus' resurrection shows why his resurrection is an appropriate and necessary conclusion to the Gospel, leading to a joyful and obedient response from both those in the narrative and the implied audience. Such an understanding, produced by a narrative-critical reading, complements the emphases of historical-critical explanations. This conclusion allows an author-oriented narrative-critical approach to demonstrate that the historical author of Matthew composed his Gospel to provide a narrative context in which the audience is led to understand Jesus' death and resurrection in light of his messianic identity.

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Gospel of Matthew

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