Description
A literary-critical analysis is embarked to show how Matthew highlights the primacy, authority, and exclusivity of Jesus’ role as the Teacher of God’s will and how he features five long discourses in the narrative. Two cultural parallels, the Teacher of Righteousness and Epictetus, are studied for comparison. The ways in which they are remembered in the literature and in which they shape the lives of their followers provide proper historical perspectives and useful frames of reference. Finally, a social-historical reading of the three teachers and their followers, in the light of pertinent sociological theories (sociology of knowledge, group formation), indicates that Jesus the One Teacher serves four crucial functions for his readers in Matthew’s church: polemic, apologetic, didactic, and pastoral.
Chapter
Chapter Two: The Teacher of Righteousness and the Qumran Community
II. A (High) Priest Remembered as the Teacher
III. The Teaching Tasks of the Teacher of Righteousness
IV. The Teaching Authority of the Teacher of Righteousness
V. The Influence of the Teacher of Righteousness on the Qumran Community
Chapter Three: Epictetus and His Philosophical School
II. Epictetus’ Self-Identity as Philosopher
III. Epictetus’ Social Role as Teacher
IV. Epictetus’ Use of Rhetorical Forms
V. Epictetus’ School: A Social-Historical Observation
VI. Epictetus’ Influence: Seelenführung and Seelsorgen
Chapter Four: Jesus the One Teacher and Matthew’s Church
II. Matthew’s Church: A Social-Historical Observation
III. Jesus the One Teacher’s Influence on Matthew’s Church
I. Jesus’ Portrayal as the One Teacher
II. Jesus’ Functions for Matthew’s Church
I. Jesus as Teacher and Matthew’s Gospel
II. The Teacher of Righteousness and the Qumran Community
III. Epictetus and Philosophical School
Index of Selected Biblical References
Index of Selected Subjects
Chapter Two: The Teacher of Righteousness and the Qumran Community
II. A (High) Priest Remembered as the Teacher
III. The Teaching Tasks of the Teacher of Righteousness
IV. The Teaching Authority of the Teacher of Righteousness
V. The Influence of the Teacher of Righteousness on the Qumran Community
Chapter Three: Epictetus and His Philosophical School
II. Epictetus’ Self-Identity as Philosopher
III. Epictetus’ Social Role as Teacher
IV. Epictetus’ Use of Rhetorical Forms
V. Epictetus’ School: A Social-Historical Observation
VI. Epictetus’ Influence: Seelenführung and Seelsorgen
Chapter Four: Jesus the One Teacher and Matthew’s Church
II. Matthew’s Church: A Social-Historical Observation
III. Jesus the One Teacher’s Influence on Matthew’s Church
I. Jesus’ Portrayal as the One Teacher
II. Jesus’ Functions for Matthew’s Church
I. Jesus as Teacher and Matthew’s Gospel
II. The Teacher of Righteousness and the Qumran Community
III. Epictetus and Philosophical School
Index of Selected Biblical References
Index of Selected Subjects
One Teacher
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