Matthew's Trilogy of Parables: The Nation, the Nations and the Reader in Matthew 21:28-22:14 (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
PART ONE Prolegomena......Page 13
1.1 On reading the Gospel narratives......Page 15
Integrity vs. fragmentation......Page 16
History vs. Fiction......Page 17
Author vs. reader......Page 20
The pursuit of an author-oriented agenda......Page 24
The legacy of Jülicher, Dodd and Jeremias......Page 25
Redaction criticism and the parables......Page 26
The Jülicher tradition......Page 27
Ernst Fuchs and the ‘New Hermeneutic’......Page 28
B. B. Scott and the American discussion......Page 30
Reader-response criticism......Page 31
Conclusion......Page 32
2.1 Forschungsgeschichte: the trilogy in twentieth-century Matthean studies......Page 34
Early twentieth-century approaches to the trilogy......Page 35
Wolfgang Trilling......Page 36
Sjef Van Tilborg......Page 37
Eduard Schweizer......Page 38
Akira Ogawa......Page 40
Ivor H. Jones......Page 41
Ulrich Luz......Page 42
Warren Carter......Page 43
Conclusion......Page 44
Triads in Matthew......Page 45
The narrative framework......Page 51
The relevant seams......Page 52
Conclusion......Page 58
PART TWO The trilogy in narrative-critical perspective......Page 59
3 JESUS’ ENCOUNTER WITH ISRAEL: THE NATION, ITS LEADERS AND THEIR PEOPLE......Page 61
Matthew 2.1–23......Page 62
Matthew 9.2–8......Page 63
Matthew 9.32–34......Page 64
Matthew 11.16–19......Page 65
Matthew 12.22–32......Page 66
Matthew 19.1–9......Page 67
Matthew 21.23–27......Page 68
The impact of the preceding narrative on the reception of the trilogy......Page 69
Matthew 23.1–7......Page 70
Matthew 23.29–39......Page 71
Matthew 26.47–56......Page 72
Matthew 27.20–26......Page 73
Matthew 28.11–15......Page 76
Blind guides......Page 77
Mortal enemies......Page 78
‘But from the one who has not…’......Page 79
3.4 Conclusion......Page 80
4.1 The view at the end: the nations and the narrative conclusion (28.16–20)......Page 83
Matthew 1.1–17......Page 85
Matthew 2.1–12......Page 86
Matthew 4.12–16......Page 87
Matthew 6.7, 32......Page 88
Matthew 8.5–13......Page 89
Matthew 10.5–6......Page 90
Matthew 12.15–21......Page 91
Matthew 15.21–28......Page 92
Matthew 20.24–28......Page 93
Matthew 24.9–14......Page 94
Matthew 24.29–31......Page 95
Matthew 26.28, cf. 20.28......Page 96
Jesus before Pilate......Page 97
Jesus and the soldiers......Page 98
4.3 Summary......Page 99
The parable of The Two Sons (21.28–32)......Page 100
The parable of The Tenants (21.33–46)......Page 101
The parable of The Wedding Feast (22.1–14)......Page 107
4.5 Conclusion......Page 108
5 A NARRATIVE-CRITICAL READING OF THE TRILOGY......Page 110
The parable proper......Page 111
The parable’s application......Page 113
The way of righteousness......Page 114
Characterisation and reader response: the marginal characters and the Baptist......Page 117
The initial charge (21.33a)......Page 121
The setting: a vineyard, its owner, and his tenants (21.33b)......Page 122
The tenants and the servants: rebellion and murder (21.34–36)......Page 123
The tenants and the son: rebellion and murder (21.37–39)......Page 124
The tenants and the owner: reprisal (21.40–41)......Page 125
The parable’s interpretation: transferral (21.43)......Page 128
5.3 The Wedding Feast (22.1–14)......Page 130
Rejection and reprisal: Matthew 22.5–7......Page 131
The invitation redirected: Matthew 22.8–10......Page 136
The inspection at the feast: eschatology and ethics (22.11–14)......Page 137
5.4 Conclusion......Page 140
PART THREE The trilogy in redaction-critical perspective......Page 143
The Two Sons......Page 145
Links to the other parables in the trilogy......Page 147
Links to the wider Matthean narrative......Page 150
The use of a Q saying?......Page 151
Conclusion......Page 152
Its relationship to the Lucan parable of The Great Supper......Page 153
The wedding garment: the origin of 22.11–14......Page 155
The Two Sons......Page 156
The Tenants......Page 158
The Wedding Feast......Page 161
The theocentric rewriting of the trilogy......Page 162
The Tenants......Page 165
The Wedding Feast......Page 166
The Tenants......Page 168
6.3 Conclusion......Page 171
7.1 Method......Page 172
The nation......Page 173
The nations......Page 175
The reader......Page 176
Reading 3......Page 179
Readings 1 and 2......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 187
1 Introduction: of authors, readers and approaches to the parables......Page 189
2 Matthew’s trilogy of parables: 21.28–22.14......Page 196
3 Jesus’ encounter with Israel: the nation, its leaders and their people......Page 202
4 Jesus and the nations: characterisation, plot and the reception of Matthew 21.28–22.14......Page 211
5 A narrative-critical reading of the trilogy......Page 223
6 The trilogy in redaction-critical perspective......Page 241
Appendix The text of the parable of The Two Sons......Page 253
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 257
INDEX OF PASSAGES......Page 274
INDEX OF SELECTED TOPICS AND MODERN AUTHORS......Page 292