The Matthean Beatitudes in their Jewish origins [electronic resource] : a literary and speech act analysis / Timothy D. Howell.
Series: Studies in biblical literature ; v. 144.Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, c2011.Description: xii, 343 p. : illISBN:- 9781433115455 (alk. paper)
- 143311545X (alk. paper)
- 9781453907887 (e-book)
- 226.9/3066 22
- BT382 .H695 2011eb

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Why use speech act theory on the Beatitudes? -- Various views of Jewish-Christian identification and its implications for the Matthean community -- Major issues bearing upon a contextual analysis of the Beatitudes -- The immediate circumstances surrounding the Beatitudes -- Exegetical analysis of the Beatitudes : its contextual meaning and verbal threads -- Literary analysis of the Beatitudes : understanding what the text is -- Speech act theory and the beatitudes -- Words as deeds : the Beatitudes as paradigmatic.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.