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“robert r beck”

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  • Banished Messiah

    Violence and Nonviolence in Matthew's Story of Jesus

    by Robert R. Beck ...
    By arguing that Matthew's Gospel can be read as a "homecoming story" according to the ancient formula of the "Banished and Returning Prince," Robert Beck offers a fresh and provocative reinterpretation of the Gospel. He exploits this understanding of the narrative to disclose new elements within the plot, to identify a fresh resolution to conflict development within the tale, and to arrive at an ... Read more

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  • A Light to the Centurions

    Reading Luke–Acts in the Empire

    by Robert R. Beck ...
    In this book, Robert Beck proposes to read Luke-Acts from the perspective of its implied reader. In making this reader a gentile sympathetic to Judaism, like the "God-fearing" centurions inscribed in his text, Luke reverses the empire-critical narrative perspectives of Mark and Matthew. And yet he profoundly challenges imperial cultural values. Luke launches his double narrative with Jesus' ... Read more

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