Heaven and earth in the Gospel of Matthew

Heaven and earth in the Gospel of Matthew / by Jonathan T. Pennington.

A much-overlooked aspect of the Gospel of Matthew is the theme of heaven and earth. Rather than being a reverential circumlocution for God, 'heaven' in Matthew is part of a highly developed discourse of heaven and earth language. Matthew's idiolectic way of using heaven language consi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pennington, Jonathan T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 126.
Subjects:
Bible. > Matthew > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Matthew
Heaven > Biblical teaching.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
Biblical teaching
Heaven > Biblical teaching
Mattheüs (bijbelboek)
Hemel.
Idiolect.
Earth (Planet) > Biblical teaching.
Earth (Planet)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One Clearing Ground and Building Anew; Chapter One Challenging the Circumlocution Assumption; Chapter Two A Survey of Heaven in the Old Testament and Second Temple Literature; Chapter Three A Survey of Heaven in Matthew; Chapter Four Heaven and Earth in the Context of Matthean Studies and Theology; Part Two Matthew's Idiolectic Use of Heaven Language and the Theme of Heaven and Earth; Chapter Five???a??? and???a??? in the Septuagint and Second Temple Literature; Chapter Six???a??? and???a??? in Matthew.

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