This book is an informed, focused, deep, and creative analysis of the topic of (im)politeness applied to Jesus in Matthew s Gospel, with in-depth conclusions and analysis about the Matthean Jesus (im)politeness. This study utilizes innovative methodological approaches regarding the analysis and interpretation of the subject in Matthew s Gospel, finding similarities with the language and (im)polite engagements of other first-century Greco-Roman characters and the Matthean Jesus in similar contexts.

The (Im)Polite Jesus would make an excellent addition for studies on...