Heaven and earth in the Gospel of Matthew /:

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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1. Verfasser: Pennington, Jonathan T.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 126.
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Zusammenfassung: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 consists of four aspects: 1) a distinction in meaning between singular and plural forms of ""ouranos""; 2) frequent use of the heaven and earth word pair; 3) regular reference to the Father in heaven; and 4) the recurrent use of the Matthean expression, kingdom of heaven. This book examines the historical precedents fo
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 399 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-376) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047421849
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