The Red Book of the Westmarch

The Scholarly Nutshell, #1
"Death With Honor: The Mediterranean Style Death of Jesus in Mark"
by John Pilch

This is the introductory entry in a new series I've called "The Scholarly Nutshell", which will be my summaries and thoughts about scholarly articles I come across.

This first entry will cover Dr. Pilch's "Death With Honor: The Mediterranean Style Death of Jesus in Mark" ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 11:58 AM by Manwë Súlimo

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Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew, Part IV
The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes and Interpersonal Conflict

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Matthew 5

1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him 2 and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven 4 Blessed are they that mourn:

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Updated May 7th 2013 at 04:50 AM by Manwë Súlimo

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Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew, Part III
The Temptation of Christ and the Inauguration of His Ministry

Matthew 4

1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered. 3 And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

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Updated May 7th 2013 at 04:50 AM by Manwë Súlimo

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Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew, Part II
King Herod, the Magi, and the early childhood of Jesus

Matthew 2

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 And when Herod the king heard it, he

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Updated May 7th 2013 at 04:51 AM by Manwë Súlimo

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Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew, Part I
The Birth of Jesus

Now that we've finally finished learning about the basics of honor and shame, we can start applying those concepts into interpreting passages of Scripture. Ideally, I'd like to cover the entire Bible; but this new series has the short-term goal of studying the four Gospels, beginning with Matthew. Unless otherwise stated, most of these ...

Updated May 7th 2013 at 04:51 AM by Manwë Súlimo

Tags: anthropology, bible, christianity, context, gospel of matthew, honor, shame, sociology

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Social World of the Bible , Christianity and Theism