Matthews Narrative: Web over and over and over Again (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement)

The Gospel Of Matthew Contains Many Repeated Phrases And Double Stories. Scholars Have Usually Used This As Evidence To Support Various Source Theories. Taking A Different Approach, This Book Uses Narrative And Reader-response Criticisms To Explore The Role Verbal Repetition Plays In The Rhetoric, Characterization, And Plot Of The Gospel. The Importance Of Variation, Context, And The Temporal Dimension Of Narrative Is Highlighted. A Concluding Chapter Treats Two Literary Studies Of Repetition In Modern Narrative And The Relation Of Narrative And Reader-response Criticisms To Aural Reception Of The Gospels In The First Century. -- ‡c From Amazon.com. Introduction And Method -- Narrative Rhetoric : Narrator And Narratee, Direct Commentary, And Point Of View -- Character -- Plot -- Conclusion : Literary Analyses Of Repetition In Narrative, Reader-response, And Aurality. Janice Capel Anderson. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (doctoral--chicago), 1985 Under The Title: Over And Over And Over Again. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [243]-250) And Indexes.