The Massacre of the Innocents

Studies in the Cultural Afterlife of a Gospel Scene

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Warren Carter

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In The Massacre of the Innocents: Studies in the Cultural Afterlife of a Gospel Scene, Warren Carter examines some fifty instances of the interpretation of the Matthean “Massacre of the Innocents” (Matt 2:16-18). He emphasizes the agency of interpreters, who in their particular contexts and media, “think with” the shocking Matthean scene to address the often-tragic circumstances of their audiences. He argues throughout that the structure of the Gospel scene facilitates this “thinking with.” The scene is structured as a triad of power relations with a tyrant (Herod), victims (infants and parents), and violent means of tyranny (the massacre). Interpreters use this triad of power relations to identify tyrant/s, victims, and means of tyranny in their own situations. Carter illustrates the use of this triad of power relations across two millennia, in numerous socio-political contexts, and media as diverse as sermons, images, poems and hymns, dramas and festivals, films, novels, Christmas carols, and Children’s Bibles.

Author Biography:

Warren Carter is the LaDonna Kramer Meinders Professor of New Testament at Phillips Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Release date Australia

February 8th, 2023

Author

Warren Carter

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

414

Dimensions

159x232x28

ISBN-13

9781978714106

Product ID

36049464

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