Matthew's parable of the royal wedding feast : a sociorhetorical interpretation / Ruth Christa Mathieson.

Author/creator Mathieson, Ruth Christa author.
Format Book
PublicationAtlanta : SBL Press, [2023]
Copyright Date©2023
Descriptionxv, 409 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesEmory Studies in Early Christianity
Emory studies in early Christianity ; no. 26. ^A414856
Contents Translation of Matthew 22:1-14 -- Introduction -- 1. Inner texture of Matthew 22:1-14 -- 2. The parable in the gospel of Matthew -- 3. Intertexture of Matthew 22:1-10 -- 4. Intertexture of Matthew 22:11-14 -- 5. Social rhetoric of Matthew's gospel -- 6. Social location and cultural rhetoric -- 7. Ideological texture : reading the parable of the royal wedding feast from my social location -- 8. Sacred texture : reading the parable of the royal wedding feast as sacred scripture -- Conclusion.
Abstract "Ruth Christa Mathieson's unique reading of Matthew's parable of the royal wedding feast (Matt 22:1-14), which concludes with the king's demand that one of the guests be bound and cast out into the outer darkness, focuses on the means of the underdressed guest's expulsion. Using sociorhetorical interpretation, Mathieson draws the parable into conversation with early Jewish narratives of the angel Raphael binding hands and feet (1 Enoch; Tobit) and the protocol for expelling individuals from the community in Matt 18. She asserts that readers are invited to consider if the person who is bound and cast out is a danger to the little ones of the community of faith unless removed and restrained."--Cover page 4.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Issued in other formOnline version: Mathieson, Ruth Christa. Matthew's Parable of the Royal Wedding Feast. Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2023] 1628373318
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