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Zusatztext 'This is an excellent work, well conceived and beautifully executed. The prose is lucid throughout and never falls victim to jargon even when technical issues are considered... Hannan crafts an approach to the narrative that is sensitive to its sequence as well as to patterns evident when the work is read as a whole.' Professor Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion, Bard College, Annandale, New York Informationen zum Autor Margaret Hannan SGS lectures in both Theology and Biblical Studies at the Australian Catholic University. Her areas of expertise are New Testament Studies, Biblical Interpretation, Women in the Old and New Testament and Sacramental Theology. Zusammenfassung Argues that the author of the Gospel of Matthew structures his work as a Bios or biography of Jesus, so as to encapsulate, in narrative form, the essence of his theological understanding of God's Basileia (sovereign rule), as proclaimed and taught in the teaching and healing mission of Jesus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 - Introduction and Methodology Chapter 2 - The Message and the Messenger Chapter 3 - Discipleship for the Kingdom of the Heavens Chapter 4 - Preparing Labourers for the Harvest Chapter 5 - Knowing the Mysteries of the Kingdom Chapter 6 - The Keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens Chapter 7 - Gaining Status in the Kingdom of the Heavens Chapter 8 - The Consequences of Rejecting Jesus' Message Concerning God's Basileia Chapter 9 - Awaiting the Kingdom of the Father Chapter 10 - God's Basileia- Good News for the Nations Conclusion Bibliography
