MidTerm Flashcards
(35 cards)
Tetraeuongelion
Four-fold gospel // four authors, witnesses // (A choir)
The 4 Symbols of the Gospels
Matthew: Human
Mark: Lion
Luke: Ox
John: Eagle
What is Matthew’s Genre:
Bios / Biography, a narrative document written about a great leader
STRUCTURES: Chronological
Birth / Preparation / Galilee / Jerusalem
STRUCTURES: Discourse Focused Outline
5 Books –Narrative / Discourse
STRUCTURES: The Plot
Preparation / Proclamation / Passion
STRUCTURES: Narrative Discourse Outline
Discourse leads to narrative
The theme of the sermon on the mount within Matthew
Greater righteousness, a right way of being in the world for disciples
The 12 literary formulas in Matthew
Repetition of Formulas
Concentric Patterns
Parallelism
Intertextuality
Sectional Overlap
Sectional Overlap
Penchant for numbers
Foreshadowing
Multiplication of phraseology
Irony
Pervasive intertextuality (OT)
Didactic, not plot driven
Insider and outsider language
Pennington’s Summary of Matthew:
The end of the ages has dawned in Christ (Fulfillment both forward and backwards)
INTERPRETATION: Interim Ethics
For a short time, Jesus never intended it to be long term
INTERPRETATION: Future
Eschatological in nature
INTERPRETATION: Existential
Creates an existential crisis that leads to repentance
INTERPRETATION: Monastic
Something for the clergy
INTERPRETATION: Luther
The impossibility of doing it (law points to grace) + 2 Kingdoms (as an individual Christian, it crushes you), as a citizen of the state these things don’t apply
INTERPRETATION: Anabaptist
A literal reading, the SOM is for Christians
INTERPRETATION: Dispensational
Doesn’t apply to Christians, but Jewish people
INTERPRETATION: Modern Liberal:
The SOM is the gospel
Penington’s View
The SOM is an invitation to virtue / human flourishing
Virtue Ethics
What is the good, how do you pursue it
Ontological:
The being of a person matters (virtue / character formation)
The best understanding of Biblical Ethics
De-ontological
The action of a person matters
Teontological
Results are most important
Fronasis / Fronimos
Practiced Wisdom