The Birth Of The Messiah
Phụ đề: A Commentary On The Infancy Narrratives In Matthew And Luke
Tác giả: Raymond E. Brown, S.S
Ký hiệu tác giả: BR-R
DDC: 232.902 - Chúa Giêsu theo Kinh Thánh
Ngôn ngữ: Anh
Số cuốn: 1

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Mã số: 258SB0007066
Nhà xuất bản: Image Books, New York
Năm xuất bản: 1977
Khổ sách: 23
Số trang: 594
Kho sách: Thư viện Sao Biển
Tình trạng: Hiện có
CONTENTS PAGE
Foreword  1
Abbreviations  19
INTRODUCTION  
Scholarship and the Infancy Narratives (§ 1)  25-41
A.       The Infancy Narratives and the Rest of the Gospels   
1.      The Formation of the Gospels   
2.       The Development of Christology   
B.       The Infancy Narratives as History   
1.      The Problem of Corroborating Witnesses   
2.       The Problem of Conflicting Details   
C.       The Infancy Narratives as Vehicles of the Evangelist’s Theology   
General Bibliography for the Two Infancy Narratives   
BOOK ONE: THE MATTHEAN INFANCY  
NARRATIVE  
I.       General Observations on the Matthean Gospel and Infancy Narrative (§ 2) 45-56
A.       The Matthean Gospel   
B.       The Matthean Infancy Narrative  
1.      The Relation of Chs. 1-2 to the Rest of the Gospel   
2.       The Internal Organization of Chs. 1-2   
Bibliography for the Matthean Infancy Narrative   
II.       The Genealogy of Jesus (§ 3) 57-95
Translation of Matt 1:1-17 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       Matthew’s Purpose in the Genealogy   
1.      General Observations   
2.       How Matthew Composed the Genealogy   
3.       Why Bring on the Ladies?   
1.       Fourteen—the Magic Number   
2.       Could Matthew Count?   
A.       Matthew’s Genealogy Compared to Luke’s   
1.      Who Was Jesus’Grandfather?   
2.       The Family Tree of the Son of God   
3. Sectional Bibliography   
I.            The Composition of the Basic Matthean Narrative in 1:18-2:23 (§ 4)  96-121
A.       Matthew’s Formula Citations of Scripture   
1.         Purpose of the Citations  
2.       Relation of the Citations to Their Context   
3.       Origin of the Formula Citations 101  
B.        The Detection of Pre-Matthean Material   
1.      The Method Employed in the Detection   
2.       Summary of the Results   
Sectional Bibliography :   
II.          The Conception of Jesus (§ 5)  122-164
Translation of Matt 1:18-25 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       Matthew’s Message: the Who and the How—a Christological Revelation   
1.      The Quis: Who Jesus Is   
2.       The Quomodo or the “How” of Jesus’ Identity   
B.        The Formula Citation of Isaiah 7:14   
1.      The Placing of the Citation  
2.       Isaiah 7:14 in the Hebrew and Greek Bibles   
3.       The Matthean Use of Isaiah 7:14   
C.        Matthew’s Use of Pre-Matthean Material   
1.      The Annunciation of Birth  
2.       Begotten of a Virgin through the Holy Spirit   
3.       Summary   
Sectional Bibliography   
III.       The Magi Come to Pay Homage to the King of the Jews (§ 6)  165-201
Translation of Matt 2:1-12 and Informational Notes   
A.       Matthew’s Message: the Where and the Whence—Reactions to a Christological Revelation   
1.      The Place of 2:1—12 in the Plan of Chapter Two   
2.       The Relation of the Plan to Matthew’s Message   
B.       Matthew’s Use of Scripture in the Service of His Message   
1.      The Formula Citation of Micah 5:1 and II Sam 5:2 in Scene 1   
2.       The Implicit Citation of Isa 60:6 and Ps 72:10-11 in Scene 2   
C.       The Pre-Matthean Background of the Magi Story   
1.      History and Verisimilitude   
2.       The Balaam Narrative   
D.       The Magi in Subsequent Christian Piety   
Sectional Bibliography   
I.            Herod Unsuccessfully Seeks to Destroy the King of the Jews (§ 7)  202-230
Translation of Matt 2:13-23 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       Matthew’s Message as Enhanced by His Use of Scripture   
Chapter Two, Scene 3 (vss. 13-15)   
Chapter Two, Scene 4 (vss. 16-18)   
Chapter Two, Scene 5 (vss. 19-23)   
B.       The Three Formula Citations   
1.        The Citation of Hosea 11:1 in Matt 2:15b   
2.       The Citation of Jer 31:15 in Matt 2:18   
3.       The Citation of Isa 4:3 and Judg 16:17 in Matt 2:23?   
C.       The Pre-Matthean Background of the Herod Story   
1.      History and Verisimilitude   
2.       The Joseph/Moses Narrative   
Sectional Bibliography   
II.            Epilogue (§ 8)  231-232
BOOK TWO: THE LUCAN INFANCY NARRATIVE  
I. General Observations on the Lucan Gospel and Infancy Narrative (§ 9)  235-255
A.       The Lucan Gospel   
B.       The Lucan Infancy Narrative   
1. The Relation of Chs. 1-2 to the Rest of Luke/Acts   
2. The Internal Organization of Chs. 1-2   
Bibliography for the Lucan Infancy Narrative   
II.       The Annunciation of the Birth of John the Baptist (§ 10)  256-285
Translation of Luke 1:5-25 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       The Introduction (1:5-7)   
B.       The Annunciation (1:8-23)   
1.      Echoes of Daniel in the Appearance of Gabriel   
2.       The Message (13-17)   
3.       Zechariah’s Response (18-20) and the Conclusion (21-23)   
C The Epilogue (1:24-25)   
A.       The Relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus   
Sectional Bibliography   
III.       The Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus (§ 11)  286-329
Translation of Luke 1:26-38 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       The Structure and the Annunciation Pattern   
B.       The Virginal Conception (1:34)   
1.        Does the Present Account Contain a Virginal Conception?   
2.       Did the Original Account Contain a Virginal Conception?   
3.       The Logic of Mary’s Question in 1:34   
C.       The Future Accomplishments of the Child (1:32,33,35)   
1.      The Davidic Messiah (32-33)   
2.       The Son of God through the Power of the Holy Spirit (35)  
D.       The Portrait of Mary as Handmaid (1:38)  
E.        Mary and Old Testament Symbolism?   
1.      Daughter of Zion in the Old Testament   
2.       The Salutation in 1:28   
3.       The Ark of the Covenant in 1:35?   
Sectional Bibliography   
IV.       The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth (§ 12) 330- 330-366
Translation of Luke 1:39—56 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       The Structure and Composition of the Scene   
B.       The Visitation (1:39-45,56)   
The Lucan Canticles in General  
1.      The Composition of the Canticles   
2.       The Canticles and the Jewish Christian Anawim  
A.       The Magnificat (1:46-55)   
1.      The Structure   
2.       The Contents   
Sectional Bibliography   
II.       The Birth and Naming of John the Baptist; Zechariah’s Prophecy (§ 13)  367-392
Translation of Luke 1:57-80 and Informational Notes  
Comment:   
A.       The Birth and Naming (1:57-66,80)   
B.       The Benedictus (1:67-79)   
1.      The Setting and the Structure  
2.       The Contents   
Sectional Bibliography  
III.       The Birth and Naming of Jesus (§ 14)  393-434
Translation of Luke 2:1-21 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       The Structure of the Story in 2:1-40   
B.       The Setting at Bethlehem (2:1-7)   
1.      The Census of the Whole World (1-5)  
2.       The Birth, the Swaddling, and the Manger (6-7)   
C.       The Annunciation to the Shepherds (2:8—14)  
1.      The Symbolism of the Shepherds (8)  
2.       The Annunciation by the Angel of the Lord (9-12)   
3.       The Canticle of the Heavenly Host (13-14)   
D.       The Reaction as the Shepherds Go to Bethlehem (2:15-20)   
E.        The Circumcision and the Naming (2:21)   
Sectional Bibliography   
IV.          The Presentation; Simeon and Anna Prophesy aboutJesus (§15)  435-470
Translation of Luke 2:22-40 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       The Sequence and Internal Structure   
B.       The Setting Supplied by the Law (2:22-24)   
C.       Simeon Greets the Child and Prophesies (2:25-35)  
1. The Characterization and Symbolism of Simeon   
1.       The Problem of the Two Oracles   
2.       Simeon’s Nunc Dimittis (29-32)   
3.       Simeon’s Second Oracle (34c-35)   
A.       Anna Greets the Child (2:36-38)   
B.       The Conclusion (2:39-40)   
Sectional Bibliography   
II.               The Boy Jesus in the Temple Speaks of His Father (§ 16)  471-496
Translation of Luke 2:41-52 and Informational Notes   
Comment:   
A.       Structure, Christology, and Outline   
B.       The Introduction and the Setting (2:41-45)   
C.       The Core of the Story (2:46-50)   
1.      Jesus Is Found in the Midst of the Teachers (46-48a)  
2.       The Mother’s Question Leads Jesus to Speak about His Father (48b-50)  
D.       The Conclusion (2:51-52)   
Sectional Bibliography   
III.             Epilogue (§ 17)   
APPENDIXES 497-499
I.       Levirate Marriage 503-564
II.       Davidic Descent  
III.       Birth at Bethlehem  
TV. Virginal Conception  
V.       The Charge of Illegitimacy  
VI.        Other Jewish Background for Matthew’s Narrative  
VII.         The Census under Quirinius  
VIII.        Midrash as a Literary Genre  
IX.       The Fourth Eclogue of Virgil  
* With bibliography  
INDEXES  
Bibliographical Index of Authors  573-583
Index of Subjects