The Sermon on the Mount and Spiritual Exercises: The Making of the Matthean Self

Author:   George Branch-Trevathan
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   178
ISBN:  

9789004424449


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   02 April 2020
Format:   Hardback
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What, in Matthew’s view, should a human being become and how does one attain that ideal? In The Sermon on the Mount and Spiritual Exercises: The Making of the Matthean Self, George Branch-Trevathan presents a new account of Matthew’s ethics and argues that the evangelist presents the Sermon on the Mount as functioning like many other ancient sayings collections, that is, as facilitating transformative work on oneself, or “spiritual exercises,” that enable one to realize the evangelist’s ideals. The conclusion suggests some implications for our understanding of ethical formation in antiquity and the study of ethics more generally. This will be an essential volume for scholars studying the Gospel of Matthew, early Christian ethics, the relationships between early Christian and ancient philosophical writings, or ethical formation in antiquity.

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Author:   George Branch-Trevathan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   178
Weight:   0.364kg
ISBN:  

9789004424449


ISBN 10:   900442444
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   02 April 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Contents List of Tables Abbreviations and Texts 1 Introduction  1 The Question and the Starting Point  2 Prior Research  3 The Plan of This Study 2 Sayings Collections and Spiritual Exercises  1 The Contents of Sayings Collections  2 The Functions of Sayings Collections  3 Sayings Collections and Spiritual Exercises  4 Conclusion 3 Matthew’s Moral Ideal, Part I: the Fruits Metaphor  1 The Roots of Right Actions  2 Moral Duplicity  3 Conclusion 4 Matthew’s Moral Ideal, Part II: Other Evidence  1 15:1–20  2 Chs. 24–5  3 Hypocrisy  4 Conclusion 5 The Sermon on the Mount as the Basis of a Spiritual Exercise  1 Internal Evidence That the SM Resembles the Basis of a Spiritual Exercise  2 External Evidence That the SM Resembles the Basis of a Spiritual Exercise  3 Conclusion 6 Conclusion  1 Implications of This Study Bibliography Index

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George Branch-Trevathan, Ph.D. (2016), Emory University, is Assistant Professor of Religion at Thiel College.

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