Interpretation, Influence, and Effects
Ulrich Luz
Fortress Press / Minneapolis
Interpretation, Influence, and Effects
Fortress Press ex libris publication 2007
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Cover design: Patricia Boman
Cover art: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591–1652), Saint Matthew, 1632, Oil on canvas, 50½ʺ × 38½ʺ.
Courtesy Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
ISBN 978-0-8006-2833-8
The Library of Congress has catalogued the original publications as follows:
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Luz, Ulrich.
Matthew in History / interpretation, influence, and effects / Ulrich Luz.
p. cm.
“A revision of the Sprunt lectures delivered at Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia in 1990”—Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-8006-2833-0 (alk. paper):
1. Bible. N.T. Matthew—Historiography. 2. Bible. N.T. Matthew—Criticism, Interpretation, etc.—History. 3. Bible. N.T. Matthew—Influence. I. Title.
BS2575.2.L88 1994
226.2’06’09—dc20
94-8912
CIP
Preface to the 2007 Publication
1 The Limits of the Historical-Critical Method
The Situation of German New Testament Scholarship
The Relative Insignificance of Historical Meaning
The Holistic Character of the Understanding of Biblical Texts
The Power and Productivity of Biblical Texts
2 History of Effects: A New Dimension of Understanding
The History of Effects and Biblical Texts
Why and How Interpretations Must Change
The Location of the Interpreter
The Fruits the Texts Produce Throughout History
A Reevaluation of the Classical Hermeneutics of the Church
3 Itinerant Radicals, Settled Communities, and the Church Today (Matthew 10)
The Fundamental Importance of the Mission Discourse
Basic “Notes” of the Church, according to Matthew
The Matthean “Notes” and Our Ecclesiologies
4 Peter: The True Christian or the Pope? (Matthew 16)
An Overview of the History of Interpretation
Openness to New Interpretations and the Question of Truth
Some Comments on the Original Meaning of Matthew 16:18
Original Meaning, History of Effects, and Truth
5 The History of Effects and the Question of Truth
The Criterion of Correspondence and the History of Jesus
The Value of the Historical-Critical Method
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About Matthew in History: Interpretation, Influence, and EffectsIn this provocative book, Ulrich Luz points the way beyond the limitations of the historical-critical method as it has been practiced during the past two centuries. He demonstrates the richness of the insights that can be gained when the interpreter considers a variety of effects and influences that a text has had in subsequent history—a method of inquiry he calls Wirkungsgeschichte. This distinctive approach is here applied to the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 10, and Matthew 16:18. Insights from the ancient fathers, from Scholastics, from Reformers and Anabaptists, and from many others are adduced to demonstrate the importance of the history of Christian thought for the interpretation of biblical texts. |
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