This book takes a narrative-critical approach to the meaning and function of debate in the Gospel of Mary. The debate scene in the Gospel of Mary has been interpreted with the assumed framework of the Gnostic-orthodox conflict and feminist biblical studies’ particular interest in the gender issue. When approached narrative-critically, the portrayal of the debate is fundamentally concerned with the narrative’s rhetoric of persuasion. The function of the debate scene is meant to make truth-authority claims by appealing to the authority of divine revelation and the authority of the shared knowledge about Mary, the Savior’s favorite, according to the two models of authority, which were widely used in antiquity (i.e., revelatory authority and literary authority). Scholars and students who are interested in early Christian texts and methods of interpretation could use this book to gain a new look into the meaning of the texts, especially the roles of the interactions among the characters.

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<p>This book takes a narrative-critical approach to the meaning and function of debate in the <i>Gospel of Mary</i>. </p>

Series Editor’s Preface – Introduction – Methodological Clarification: Narrative Criticism – Extratext for the Implied Reader: Models of Authority in Antiquity – The Gospel of Mary: How to Make Truth-Authority Claims – Summary and Conclusion – Index.

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ISBN
9781433175268
Publisert
2020
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Vendor
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Vekt
290 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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Bokyung Kim received her PhD in biblical studies from St. Michael’s College, Toronto School of Theology, her MDiv from Tyndale Seminary, and her MA and her BA from Ewha Womans University. She is a lecturer in the New Testament at Knox College in Toronto.