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Christian origins and the language of the Kingdom of God

Title
Christian origins and the language of the Kingdom of God / Michael L. Humphries ; with a foreword by Burton L. Mack.
Author
Humphries, Michael L., 1953-
Publication
Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1999.

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Description
viii, 98 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Traditionally, scholars have traced the origin of Christianity to a single source - the kingdom of God as represented in the message of the historical Jesus. Through a rhetorical critical analysis of one of the most important texts in early Christian literature (the Beelzebul controversy), Michael L. Humphries addresses the issue of Christian origins, demonstrating how the language of the kingdom of God is best understood according to its locative or taxonomic effect where the demarcation of social and cultural boundaries contributes to the emergence of this new social foundation." "Humphries establishes the Q and Markan versions of the Beelzebul controversy as relatively sophisticated compositions that are formally identified as elaborate chreiai (a literary form used in the teaching of rhetoric at the secondary and post-secondary level of Greco-Roman education) and that offer an excellent example of the rhetorical manipulation of language in the development of social and cultural identity."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Geschichte Anfänge
  • Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)
  • Christianity > Origin
  • Kingdom of God
  • Devil > Christianity
  • 11.46 study and interpretation of the New Testament
  • Exegese
  • Christentum
  • Reich Gottes
  • Duivel
  • Marcus (bijbelboek)
  • Q-bron
  • Koninkrijk Gods
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-94) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Burton L. Mack -- 1. The Scholarship and Theoretical Considerations -- 2. Beelzebul, Ruler of Demons -- 3. The Chreia and Elaboration -- 4. The Language of the Kingdom in the Q Version of the Beelzebul Controversy -- 5. The Language of the Kingdom in the Markan Version of the Beelzebul Controversy -- Conclusion: Christian Origins and Demythology.
ISBN
  • 0809322307
  • 9780809322305
LCCN
98030929
OCLC
  • ocm39724124
  • 39724124
  • SCSB-861520
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library