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Rewriting Peter as an Intertextual Character in the Canonical Gospels (Hardcover)
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Rewriting Peter as an Intertextual Character in the Canonical Gospels (Hardcover)
Series: Copenhagen International Seminar
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Peter is a fascinating character in all four canonical gospels, not
only as a literary figure in each of the gospels respectively, but
also when looked at from an intertextual perspective. This book
examines how Peter is rewritten for each of the gospels, positing
that the different portrayals of this crucial figure reflect not
only the theological priorities of each gospel author, but also
their attitude towards their predecessors. Rewriting Peter as an
Intertextual Character in the Canonical Gospels is the first
critical study of the canonical gospels which is based on Markan
priority, Luke's use of Mark and Matthew, and John's use of all
three synoptic gospels. Through a selection of close readings,
Damgaard both provides a new critical portrait of Peter and
proposes a new theory of source and redaction in the gospels. In
the last thirty years there has been an increasing appreciation of
the gospels' literary design and of the gospel writers as authors
and innovators rather than merely compilers and transmitters.
However, literary critics have tended to read each gospel
individually as if they were written for isolated communities. This
book reconsiders the relationship between the gospels, arguing that
the works were composed for a general audience and that the writers
were bold and creative interpreters of the tradition they inherited
from earlier gospel sources. Damgaard's view that the gospel
authors were familiar with the work of their predecessors, and that
the divergences between their narratives were deliberate, sheds new
light on their intentions and has a tremendous impact on our
understanding of the gospels.
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