Synopses & Reviews
The parables of the Two Sons, the Tenants and the Wedding Feast in Matthewâs Gospel.
Review
"[Olmstead] demonstrates solid redaction critical study, good narrative impulses, and carefully nuanced exegesis." Journal of Evangelical Theological Society, Jeannine K. Brown
Synopsis
Wesley Olmstead examines the parables of the Two Sons, the Tenants and the Wedding Feast against the background of the wider Matthean narrative. He explores Matthew's characterization of the Jewish leaders, assessing the respective roles of Israel and the nations in the plot of Matthew's Gospel. Against the current of contemporary Matthean scholarship, Olmstead argues that these parables indicate the future inclusion of other nations in the nation that God had promised to raise up from Abraham.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Part I. Prolegomena: 1. Introduction: of authors, readers and approaches to the parables; 2. Matthewâs trilogy of parables: 21.28 22.14; Part II. The Trilogy in Narrative-Critical Perspective: 3. Jesusâencounter with Israel: the nation, its leaders and their people; 4. Jesus and the nations: characterisation, plot and the reception of Matthew 21.28 22.14; 5. A narrative-critical reading of the trilogy; Part III. The Trilogy in Redaction-Critical Perspective; 6. The trilogy in redaction-critical perspective; 7. Conclusions; Appendix. The text of the parable of The Two Sons; Notes; Bibliography; Index of passages; Index of selected topics and modern authors.