"A diligent and carefully argued exercise in the historico-critical
method, Hans Dieter Betz' Essays present the Sermon on the Mount
(SM) as a pre-Matthean composition coming from a Jewish-Christian
community engaged in the polemical process of constructing an
identity vis-a-vis mainstream Jewish (Pharisaic) groups on the one
hand and emerging Gentile Christianity on the other. It is this
process that prompts the SM compiler(s) to rethink and rework the
inherited Jesus tradition. Since the first appearance of the Essays
in 1985 - the classic Hermeneia commentary on the SM by the author
would be published in 1995 - they have remained essential reading
for students of the New Testament and its Hellenistic and Jewish
settings. Today, the exciting new ways of reading the Sermon
suggested in Betz' seminal work continue to inform our search for a
fuller and clearer grasp of the multi-faceted and dynamic world of
nascent Christianity, as well as the ongoing quest for the
historical Jesus." -Serge Ruzer Hebrew University of Jerusalem "The
perspective that unifies these essays is the assertion that the
Sermon on the Mount should be recognized and studied as an
independent composition that was compiled prior to its
incorporation into the Gospel of Matthew. . . . Betz argues that
the Sermon on the Mount is an epitome, that is, a condensation of
the teachings of Jesus, collected for the purpose of brevity and
precision. Such a genre was useful, because it encouraged a
follower or disciple to keep the teacher's entire system in mind."
-Theology Today HANS DIETER BETZ is Professor Emeritus of New
Testament at The Divinity School, University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois. He is the author of the Hermeneia.
General
| Imprint: |
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2008 |
| First published: |
2009 |
| Editors: |
Hans Dieter Betz
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| Dimensions: |
218 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
172 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8006-6304-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-8006-6304-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780800663049 |
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