TY - BOOK AU - Howell,Timothy D. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The Matthean Beatitudes in their Jewish origins: a literary and speech act analysis T2 - Studies in biblical literature, AV - BT382 .H695 2011eb U1 - 226.9/3066 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - Beatitudes KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Speech acts (Linguistics) KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Judaism KW - Relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10551954 ER -