Description
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the Matthean use of
bread and the
breaking of bread in light of cognitive conceptual metaphor, which are not only intertwined within Matthew's narrative plots but also function to represent Matthew's communal identity and ideological vision. The metaphor of bread and its cognitive concept implicitly connect to Israel's indigenous sense of identity and religious imagination, while integrating the socio-religious context and the identity of Matthean community through the metaphoric action:
breaking of bread. While using this metaphor as a narrative strategy, Matthew not only keeps the Jewish indigenous socio-religious heritage but also breaks down multiple boundaries of religion, ethnicity, gender, class, and the false prejudice in order to establish an alternative identity and ideological vision. From this perspective, this book presents how the Matthean
bread functions to reveal the identity of Matthew's community
in-between for
Table of ContentsContents: The Purpose of the Project – Bread/Meals in Second Temple Judaism and Relevant – The Metaphor of Bread in Feeding Narratives and Matthean Community – The Metaphor of Bread toward All Nations: New Covenant and Ideology in Hybridity.
