Authors: Bruce J. Malina, Richard L. Rohrbaugh
ISBN-13: 9780800634919, ISBN-10: 0800634918
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: 2ND
The authors build on their earlier social-scientific works and enhance the highly successful commentary model they developed in their social-scientific commentaries. This volume is a thoroughly revised edition of this popular commentary. They include an introduction that lays the foundation for their interpretation, followed by an examination of each unit in the Synoptics, employing methodologies of cultural anthropology, macro-sociology, and social psychology.
Author Biography: Bruce J. Malina is Professor of Theology at Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska) and the author and co-author of numerous books including: The New Testament World (2001), Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel of John (Fortress Press, 1998), and On the Genre and Message of Revelation (1995). He is co-editor of The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels (Fortress Press, 2002).
Richard L. Rohrbaugh is Paul S. Wright Professor of Christian Studies at Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon). He is co-author, with Malina, of Social-Science Commentary on the Gospel of John (Fortress Press, 1998).
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Preface | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Matthew | 19 | |
I | 1:1-4:22: Presenting Jesus, Israel's Messiah | 23 |
II | 4:23-11:1: Jesus: Teacher and Healer | 39 |
III | 11:2-16:20: Reactions to Jesus and His Message | 67 |
IV | 16:21-20:34: Jesus Journeys to Jerusalem | 88 |
V | 21:1-25:46: Activity in Jerusalem | 104 |
VI | 26:1-28:20: Jesus' Death and Resurrection | 126 |
Mark | 143 | |
I | 1:1-15: Prologue Presenting Jesus, Son of God | 145 |
II | 1:16-45: A Day in the Life of Jesus | 148 |
III | 2:1-3:6: Jesus Challenges by Healing and Eating | 152 |
IV | 3:7-8:26: Back and Forth at Sea with Jesus and the Disciples | 157 |
V | 8:27-10:52: With Jesus and the Disciples to Jerusalem | 180 |
VI | 11:1-13:37: With Jesus and the Disciples in Jerusalem | 194 |
VII | 14:1-16:8: Jesus' Death and Resurrection | 207 |
Luke | 221 | |
I | 1:1-4: Prologue | 224 |
II | 1:5-2:52: In and around Jerusalem: The Birth of the "Prophets": John and Jesus | 224 |
III | 3:1-4:13: In the Wilderness: Jesus, Israelite Holy Man, "Son of God" | 235 |
IV | 4:14-9:50: In Galilee: Jesus, the Prophet: His Faction and Its Function | 242 |
V | 9:51-19:27: On the Way to Jerusalem with Jesus, the Prophet: Further Faction Formation and Function | 267 |
VI | 19:28-21:38: The Prophet in Jerusalem: Jesus, Broker of the Kingdom | 305 |
VII | 22:1-24:53: The Prophet in Jerusalem: Jesus' Death and Resurrection | 314 |
Reading Scenarios | 325 | |
App | The Jewish Tradition and the Christian Tradition | 427 |
Bibliography | 429 | |
List of Reading Scenarios | 441 |