Identity Formation and the Gospel of Matthew - A Socio-Narrative Reading

Why does the author of the Gospel of Matthew include non-Judean characters in his narrative? Tekalign Duguma Negewo attempts to answer this question based on the assumption that Matthew's Gospel played an identity-forming role for its community. As a heuristic interpretive tool, he uses the socio-narrative reading method, which merges socio-scientific criticism, narrative criticism, and semiological reading through social identity, narrative, and semiotic theories. Tekalign Duguma Negewo argues that the implied author used the non-Judean characters to form the identity of the ideal readers' community.

Product details

• Authors: Tekalign Duguma Negewo
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2024
• EAN: 9783161617881
• ISBN: 978-3-16-161788-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 13 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 351 g
• Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe; WUNT II