A Marginal Scribe
Studies in the Gospel of Matthew in a Social-Scientific Perspective
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2011
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Publisher's Description
A Marginal Scribe collects eight studies written over a period of two decades, all of which use social-scientific criticism to interpret the Gospel of Matthew. It prefaces them, first, with a new chapter on the struggle between historians and social scientists since the Enlightenment and its parallel in New Testament studies, which culminated in the emergence of social-scientific criticism; and, second, with a new chapter on recent social-scientific interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew. The eight, more specialized studies cover a variety of themes and use a variety of models but concentrate and are held together by those that illumine social ranking and marginality. The book closes with a chapter that ties together these studies.
Endorsements (8)
“Dennis Duling's work is always engaging, always stimulating, and always insightful.”
“Brite Divinity School "This is a wonderful resource.”
“"Dennis Duling's A Marginal Scribe is to date the most thorough, methodologically consistent, and nuanced application of social-science models to the gospel of Matthew”
“"Future work simply cannot ignore this book.”
“"[A] 'must read' for both biblical hermeneutes in general and Matthean scholars in particular.”
“"Duling offers penetrating understandings of important dimensions of Matthew . . .”
“"Dennis C. Duling is without peer in the application of social-scientific methods to the Gospel of Matthew.”
“"[A] rich, fruitful, seasoned, refined body of research.”
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