TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riches,John K.
TI  - Conflicting mythologies: identity formation in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew 
SN  - 0567087441
AV  - BS 2585.52 .R53 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - T & T Clark
KW  - Bible. N.T. Mark
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Bible. N.T. Matthew
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca.30-600
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Identity and Change; Jewish Identity in the World of the Mediterranean Cities: Themes and Variations; Sight to the Blind; The Remaking of Sacred Space; Conflicting World-Views in Mark's Christology; Church of Disciples; Matthews and the Remaking of Sacred Space; Cosmology and Christology in Matthew; New Worlds and New Identities: The Gospels of Mark and Matthew and the Beginning of Christianity
N2  - An interpretation of Mark and Matthew, examining their contribution to the formation of early Christian identity, world-view and ethos. John Riches studies the notions of sacred space and ethnicity in the Gospel narratives. He shows how early Christian group identity emerged through a dynamic process of reshaping traditional Jewish symbols
ER  -