Social-Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels: Second Edition / Edition 2

by Bruce J. Malina, Richard L. Rohrbaugh

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800634919
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	06/27/2003
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Bruce J. Malina is professor of new testament at Creighton University, Omaha, and author or coauthor or editor of many influential volumes in New Testament, including several recent Fortress Press titles: Social Science Commentary on the Book of Revelation (2000); Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels (2nd edition 2003); Social Science Commentary on the Gospel of John (1998); and The Social Gospel of Jesus (2001).

Table of Contents

	Abbreviations	vii
	Preface	ix
	Introduction	1
	Matthew	19
I.	Presenting Jesus, Israel's Messiah (1:1-4:22)	23
II.	Jesus: Teacher and Healer (4:23-11:1)	39
III.	Reactions to Jesus and His Message (11:2-16:20)	67
IV.	Jesus Journeys to Jerusalem (16:21-20:34)	88
V.	Activity in Jerusalem (21:1-25:46)	104
VI.	Jesus' Death and Resurrection (26:1-28:20)	126
	Mark	143
I.	Prologue Presenting Jesus, Son of God (1:1-15)	145
II.	A Day in the Life of Jesus (1:16-45)	148
III.	Jesus Challenges by Healing and Eating (2:1-3:6)	152
IV.	Back and Forth at Sea with Jesus and the Disciples (3:7-8:26)	157
V.	With Jesus and the Disciples to Jerusalem (8:27-10:52)	180
VI.	With Jesus and the Disciples in Jerusalem (11:1-13:37)	194
VII.	Jesus' Death and Resurrection (14:1-16:8)	207
	Luke	221
I.	Prologue (1:1-4)	224
II.	In and around Jerusalem: The Birth of the "Prophets": John and Jesus (1:5-2:52)	224
III.	In the Wilderness: Jesus, Israelite Holy Man, "Son of God" (3:1-4:13)	235
IV.	In Galilee: Jesus, the Prophet: His Faction and Its Function (4:14-9:50)	242
V.	On the Way to Jerusalem with Jesus, the Prophet: Further Faction Formation and Function (9:51-19:27)	267
VI.	The Prophet in Jerusalem: Jesus, Broker of the Kingdom (19:28-21:38)	305
VII.	The Prophet in Jerusalem: Jesus' Death and Resurrection (22:1-24:53)	314
	Reading Scenarios	325
Appendix	The Jewish Tradition and the Christian Tradition	427
	Bibliography	429
	List of Reading Scenarios	441