[PDF] Top 20 The Gospel of Matthew: Reconfigured Torah

... in Matthew a straightforward pronouncement story: The lawyer asks, Jesus ...In Matthew 22, however, Jesus’ quotation of the two great commandments is not yet the final punch line of the pronouncement ...in ... See full document

... Liberating Christ meets the theology of hope. If Jürgen Moltmann’s definition of hope as a promise from God is added to William Lynch’s understanding of hope, suddenly the impossible fight for liberation becomes a ... See full document

... that Matthew designed his Gospel to be read from beginning to end and that he constructed the Great Commission as the climax of his long ...the Gospel, the emphasis in this final passage is clearly ... See full document

... The focus on love is emphasised in 22:34–40. Here Jesus is asked about the greatest commandment in the Law and responds by saying that the first and great commandment is the complete love of God. Then he adds that a ... See full document

... in Matthew’’s Gospel where the fertile Mary is in the nar- rative background ...in Matthew’’s Gospel ...of Torah Law that are thought to represent the ‘‘consecration of Aaron and his ... See full document

... Matthew’s Gospel a revelatory text or a cultural text? Is Jesus the saviour of a nation or of an individual soul? Is he a moral sage for social reform or a spiritual teacher of Christian life? Is Jesus’ teaching ... See full document

... about Matthew and Paul: ‘had they known one another, [they] would certainly not have struck up a strong friendship’ ...that Matthew knew of Paul or that he was directly engaging Paul’s theological ... See full document

... disciple Matthew compiled certain materials that were later incorporated into the ...that Matthew collected the scriptural quotations that are found in the ...of Matthew and Luke (Manson 1949:18-20; ... See full document

... ings are the source variants that explain the readings of the other manuscripts, 120 there- by suggesting the priority of Codex Bezae. It is true that some ‘omissions’ are still ex- plained as homoioteleutons (Mt ... See full document

... This question is not central to the concerns ofthe present study, but it certainly warrants some treatment as a closely related issue: on one hand, the study of Matthew's Gospel is an im[r] ... See full document

... “Reading Matthew,” ...The Gospel of Matthew and Christian Judaism: The History and Social Setting of the Matthean Community, (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998), ...Beare, Matthew, ... See full document

... first gospel see: Rudolf Meyer "oxXoq" Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (hereafter TDNT) 5:582-90, Horst Balz 'o%^og', EW NT II cols 1354-55, Hans Bietenhard ...France, Matthew: ... See full document

... the Gospel climaxes with the Christological claim that this Jesus has authority not only in the human realm, but also in the divine - “in heaven and on earth” (28:18; ...20 Matthew shows that Jesus now ... See full document

... The First Testament in the Gospel of Matthew 1 Abstract Andries van Aarde Department of New Testament Studies (Sec A) University of Pretoria Manhew is to be read as a narration with an ongoing plot an[.] ... See full document

... in Matthew to this particular occasion is unwarranted. Matthew does conceive of the Holy Spirit as operating other than in the bodily presence of Jesus: ... See full document

... impressively than in the Qumran writings. . . . The problem, rather, is that James and Paul bring these elements together in unusual concentration. It, therefore, appears that they are discussing the same topic. In fact, ... See full document

... Chapter 2 The ideological/theological perspective in Matthew's story 2 1 INTRODUCllON The thesis of this chapter is that Matthew retold the Gospel of Mark to his readers for a particular purpose and f[.] ... See full document

... Chapter 6 The Jewish crowd and the Gentiles Although the Jewish crowd (ol oxXm/o ox) o(;;) and the Gentiles (1 a €9Vll) do not apparently fulfill the same character roles in the Gospel of Matthew, bot[.] ... See full document

... themes and logia that are included in Thomas. In other words, “the collection of sayings in the Gospel of Thomas, although compiled c. 140, may include some traditions even older than the gospels of the New ... See full document

... in Matthew speaks to the Christian community in Myanmar, in this research I aim to explore the theological and ethical tensions in the Gospel of Matthew and its social context in dialogue with the ... See full document