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Book Analysis: Evans, Fabricating Jesus 1.Length: 2-3 pages 2.Guidelines a.Content: per instructions in the STS Style Manual The final page of the STS Style Manual provides careful instruction as to what to include in a quality and academically acceptable Book Review. (That page is also found on the Populi Site under Info for this class.) Be careful to rehearse that material carefully and build your book review around those guidelines. This is intended as an opportunity to learn how to read a book thoroughly, and thus to qualify yourself to write a review which is honest, comprehensive and helpful – a skill you will very likely have opportunity to employ in days to come. b.Form Full sentence / paragraph form (i.e., not a bulleted outline). Be careful regarding spelling, punctuation, style and so on. If you do use footnotes, honor the criteria in the Style Manual. Guidelines for Writing a Book Review† As a guiding principle, a book reviewer should view all writing as responsive, or dialogic, meaning that authors are prompted to write by a rhetorical situation, that is, some sort of exigency such as a pressing problem, opportunity, or question. Thus, a reviewer must discover the rhetorical situation in order to evaluate how well an author has addressed the situation. A reviewer should ask the following questions: What motivated the author to write? Has the author accurately and fully understood the situation? Has the author provided a sufficient thesis: a sufficient solution or correction to the problem, a feasible plan for the opportunity, or a significant answer to the conceptual or practical question? (cf. Turabian, §I.2). Based in the principle of the rhetorical situation, the following guidelines offer a flexible seven- section structure that will help you produce a quality college or graduate book review of 12 to 15 paragraphs (approximately five pages if each page has 2 to 3 paragraphs). For your book review, follow the style guide applicable to your purpose, but for Turabian style, use double-spaced, 12-point Times Roman type, and one inch margins. Cite all references to the book under review by using parenthetical citation for page numbers. 1. The first paragraph should explain the rhetorical situation and briefly describe the purpose, scope, and place of the book, given the situation and discipline for which it was written. 2. A second paragraph should state the author’s thesis, explaining how well it answers the situation. Include any bias or viewpoint that indicates why the author chose such a thesis, or why he states it in the way that he did, or why he focuses on what he does, or why he might have left out relevant information. 3. Three or four paragraphs should then follow stating the author’s main contentions and how they are discussed. If not too long, one paragraph per chapter would be proper. 4. Following this summary of what the author has argued, discuss any contrary points that can be made using your own research or the views of other authors. This should only be two or three paragraphs and should avoid personal opinions like “I just didn’t like it,” or “It was too hard to read.” 5. Follow this with a statement about agreements that you do have, or, if applicable, why it is that problems or omissions you found do or do not detract from the work. 6. Before concluding, provide a paragraph or two in a positive tone telling how the book inspires you to learn more on the topic. State what you think should be your next step in response to what you have read. 7. Conclude with a paragraph that highlights the merits of the work, why it is important, and the value it would be to other readers. Generally you should try to let the author of the book have the last word. † These guidelines have been developed by John W. Burkett and Steven W. Ladd. Dr. Ladd has adapted the seven-section structure from Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff’s The Modern Researcher, 5th ed. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1992), 220ff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_Situation BE 511 New Testament Studies I: Mathew - Acts NT Book Digest #01: Matthew Title: _______________________________________________________________ Why? Here – your rationale for the title you assigned, very briefly stated Background Considerations: 1a.Long accepted 1b. Written by Matthew, 1 of 12 – compelling & univocal external attestation, interesting inferential internal evidence (only Gospel not to say whose house the feast was at; knows publican’s world) 2b.Levi/Matthew = publican/tax collector, saved & called to be disciple then apostle, eyewitness to events 3b. Written to Jewish audience (much OT, no explanation of Jewish customs), probably when church = Jews 2a.Critical theory – written late, perhaps by disciple of “Matthew,” entirely on late hear-say accounts 3a.Historical / theological ramifications – eye-witness testimony circulated while still falsifiable, vs. exaggerated & fabulous accounts written late, after witnesses who might challenge them are gone Outline: Structure is very important to this book, as the author is crafting a finely tuned argument in defense of the Messiahship of Jesus—a defense made necessary by the very legitimate objection that this “Messiah” had not established a kingdom. The basic line of argument is as follows: I. The Incarnation and the Preparation of the King (1:1-4:11) II. The Declaration of the Principles of the King (4:12-7:29) III. The Manifestation of the King (8:1-11:1) IV. The Opposition to the King (11:2-13:53) V. The Reaction of the King (13:54-19:2) VI. The Formal Presentation & Rejection of the King (19:3-26:46) VII. The Crucifixion and the Resurrection of the King (26:1-28:20) Primary Characters and Places of the Book: Note: For each individual or place listed, the student is to provide a brief (2 or 3 phrases at the most) annotation as to the role each plays in the book of Matthew, as well as the reason that person or place is important. 1. Mary/Joseph – Nazarene couple, betrothed; angel visits each; Mary bears, together they rear the Christ-child 2. Herod the Great – dying Roman king, impacted the land & the world, paranoid, tried to kill Jesus at His birth 3. Anna (prophetess) / Simeon – aged Jews, waiting for Messiah – they welcome new-born Jesus at the temple 4. John the Baptist – prepares the way, baptizes his Lord, arrested, questions Jesus from prison, beheaded by Antipas 5. Pharisees - legalists, respected, controlled synagogues, resisted Jesus 6. Sadducees - Hellenized, unbelievers, controlled temple, ultimately sat in judgment, condemned Jesus 7. The Wilderness – You complete summary statements for balance of characters 8. Galilee – 9. Chorazin, Bethsaida & Capernaum – 10. Peter, James, John – 11. The synagogue – 12. The Country of the Gergesenes – 13. Caesarea Philippi – 14. Bethany – 15. Mt of Olives – 16. Herod Antipas – 17. Judas Iscariot – 18. Caiaphas – 19. Pilate – 20. Centurion by the cross – 21. Mary Magdalene – Special Features: 1a. arranged logically rather than chronologically. 2a.Distinctly Jewish gospel, gospel of fulfilled prophesy, (“fulfilled” used 17x – be careful!) 2a.5 extended discourses [Mount (5-7); commission of 12 (10); Parables (13); forgiveness (18); Olivet (24-25) 4a.Only gospel that mentions the church (16:18; 18:17) 3 Remarkable Chapters and Passages Identify 3 passages and/or chapters in the book which it would be most important to be able to identify by memory; i.e., passages which are so basic / distinctive / important that a competent student of Scripture should be able to identify the passage from memory. 3 Difficulties or Questions re: the book of Matthew List 3 of the most important questions or difficulties which occur to you as you read the Bible Book, and which you know you need to study and understand if you are to have a good grasp on the book Interpretive Issues 1. Virgin Prophecy of 1:23 2. Mt 2 – The wisemen – what, who, why, when? 3. “Out of Egypt have I called my Son” (Hos 11:1) – how fulfilled in flight to Egypt by infant Jesus (2:15)? 4. Mt 3 – Why was Jesus baptized? Was John’s baptism necessarily a “baptism of repentance”? 5. Mt 4 – Temptation of Jesus – why, what, how? 6. Mt 5 – The Beatitudes – Hallmark or Moses? 7. Mt 5-7 – Sermon on the Mount – to believers or unbelievers; how applied to us (if at all)? 8. Mt 5:31-32, 19:4-9 – what is Jesus teaching re: divorce, how applied today? 9. Mt 10 – Commission of the 12 – only to Gentiles; how to understand / apply that demand? 10. Mt 11, 17 – Was John Elijah? 11. Mt 12 – the “unpardonable sin” – what was it, how did it play into the narrative, for today? 12. Mt 13 – parables of the sower – why this mode of teaching, what is being taught? 13. Mt 16 & 18 – what did Jesus mean by ekkesia, what did His apostles understand Him to mean? 14. Mt 16:17-19 – who/what is the “rock”? 15. Mt 17 – transfiguration – what is happening, and why, what is the lesson for then and for now? 16. Mt 21 – Triumphal Entry – how did Jesus get away with it, what was the significance? 17. Mt 24-25 – Olivet Discourse – what is Jesus’ teaching concerning the end-times? 18. Mt 26:6-13 – Mary anoints Jesus at a feast – when did that happen (Tue @ Mt/Mk, Sat @ Jn) 19. Mt 26 – Jewish trials of Jesus – historically tenable, accurate? 20. Mt 28 – who are the women at the empty tomb?