Matthew 18:15-17: conflict, confrontation, and conflict resolution in a "Fictive Kin" Association.

From: Biblical Theology Bulletin | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: Duling, Dennis C. | Copyright information

Abstract

The aim of this study is to establish a plausible scenario for Matthean conflict resolution and to further clarify the stage of group formation of the Matthean group. It defends the thesis that the Matthean author modifies, and thereby intentionally obscures, a more sharply developed disciplinary process that existed in the Matthean fictive kin association, one that is analogous to processes such as those in the groups mentioned below. Matthew 18:15-17 thus reve...

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