Abstract
Vledder, E-J 1997 - Conlict in the Miracle Stories: A Socio-Exegetical Study of Matthew 8 and 9 (Journal for the Study of the New Testament: Supplement Series 152)
Highlights
Vledder's objective in undertaking this study is to throw new light on the miracle stories of Matthew 8 and 9 by analysing them heuristically by means of the methods and tools of sociology
Structural functionalism is unable to account for conflict and change, in terms of their character as positive dynamics in the world of social stratification
Vledder devotes a major section of his book, 57 pages, to an explication and qualification of the causes of conflict and the model/theory he will employ in his interpretation of Matthew 8 and 9. His analysis of social stratification in Matthew's Gospel identifies the characters who inhabit this narrative world as the urban elite, retainers in the employ of the ruling class, the urban degraded and expendables, and fmally the peasantry
Summary
Vledder's objective in undertaking this study is to throw new light on the miracle stories of Matthew 8 and 9 by analysing them heuristically by means of the methods and tools of sociology. In contrast, employs a "model/theory" at a "high level of abstraction" and, it was developed for industrial society, its high level of abstraction legitimates its application to the class and conflict realities of agrarian society. Structural functionalism is unable to account for conflict and change, in terms of their character as positive dynamics in the world of social stratification.
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