Comparative Characterization in the Sermon on the Mount: Characterization of the Ideal Disciple - Hardcover

Lawrence, Arren Bennet

 
9781532613531: Comparative Characterization in the Sermon on the Mount: Characterization of the Ideal Disciple
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1532613539 ISBN 13: 9781532613531
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

The Sermon on the Mount contains many comparisons. In this book, the functions of these comparisons are studied by the methodology called comparative characterization. Characterization is the way a character is characterized in a narrative. Comparative characterization is the characterization of a character using comparisons. In comparative characterization, another character is used as a foil to bring out a characteristic trait of a concerned character. Jesus characterized the ideal disciple in the Sermon on the Mount with many descriptions and imperatives. To characterize the ideal disciple Jesus used many comparisons and highlighted the characteristic features that embody the ideal disciple. The many comparisons used in the Sermon on the Mount are identified in this study through comparative characterization. In addition, the teleological purpose of the comparisons, which is to play as foil to the characterization of the ideal disciple, is identified and highlighted. Thus, this study identifies Jesus' characterization of the ideal disciple and his complex portrayal of the ideal disciple with the many uses of comparisons in the descriptions and imperatives of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

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About the Author

Arren Bennet Lawrence received his PhD from Asia Graduate School of Theology, Manila, Philippines. He teaches New Testament in Hindustan Bible Institute and College, Chennai, India. He has written a book called Legalistic Nomism (2016). He is married to Joyce Ventura Lawrence. Both of them are missionaries to India for eight years, and they have a beautiful daughter, Netanya Lawrence.

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Publisher
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1532613539
ISBN 13 
9781532613531
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
284

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