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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Gospel of Matthew"”.
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Divine Grace in the Gospel of Matthew
… but little work has been done on grace in the gospels. This work examines the theme of divine grace in the Gospel of Matthew by using John Barclay’s taxonomy of six perfections of grace as a heuristic tool by which to explain how this concept is developed. Ultimately, this dissertation argues …
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Jesus’s use of hyperbole in the Gospel of Matthew
… done some comprehensive studies on Jesus’s use of hyperbole, but their works now need improvement in many respects. Besides being published over a few decades ago, linguistic study has offered some insights into a better understanding of hyperbole. On the other hand, several other scholars have …
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Metánoia (Repentance): A Major Theme of the Gospel of Matthew
Mετάνοια (repentance) is a major theme of Matthew, manifested in Jesus’ first words in Matthew 4:17. Matthew 4:17 summarizes Jesus’ teaching and ministry (cf. 3:2) and the command to turn (μετανοέω) in view of the imminent coming of the kingdom of heaven to be a major message of Jesus’ teaching in …
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Aspects of the Remnant Concept in the Gospel of Matthew
<p>Only some aspects of the remnant concept in the christology and ecclesiology of Matthew are dealt with in this dissertation. Special attention is given to the evangelist's distinctive interpretation of Jesus as the remnant and the conceptual structures (e.g., μαθητἠς, ὲκκλησἰα, μικροἰ, πτωχοἰ, …
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Reading dreams : an audience-critical approach to the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew.
This dissertation seeks to read the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew (1:18b-25; 2:12, 13-15, 19-21, 22; 27:19) as the authorial audience. This approach requires an understanding of the social and literary character of dreams in the Greco-Roman world. Chapter Two describes the social function of …
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Jesus as God's Delight in the Gospel of Matthew: An Overlooked Aspect of Matthew's Christology
… mercy/steadfast love, Israel, Israel’s properly offered sacrifices, and Israel’s king, to name a few. This repeated theme in the Old Testament provides the background for an unexpected and underappreciated aspect of Matthew’s Gospel. Four times in the First Gospel we read that Jesus himself is …
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Matthew’s Presentation of The Son of David: Davidic Tradition and Typology in the Gospel of Matthew
This thesis is a literary-critical analysis of the Gospel of Matthew and its interaction with Davidic tradition and use of Davidic typology. Throughout the narrative, the evangelist makes pervasive use of Davidic tradition from the Old Testament in his portrayal of Jesus. This begins from the first …
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The Greek text of the gospel of Matthew : a renewed text-critical approach with a focus on the issue of harmonizations in Codex Bezae.
… Cantabrigiensis is an important early manuscript of the Greek New Testament, whose Gospel text has received relatively limited attention. Because Matthew was the most widely used Gospel among the first Christian communities, the study of its textual form is of utmost significance for the …
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John the Baptist and the Jewish Setting of Matthew
<p>Although recent discussions on the Gospel of Matthew have emphasized the document's setting within first-century Judaism, these studies have not analyzed how the figure of John the Baptist functions within this setting. The failure to address the significance of the Baptist for the Gospel's …
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A Fresh Approach to the Miracle Stories in Matthew 8-9: Literary Analysis Through the Literary Technique of Matthew's Three Stage Progression Pre-Supposedly Adopted by the First Evangelist
<p>The structure of Mt 8-9 is very complex, and there is no unanimous understanding. If we use Matthew's Three Stage Progression (MTSP), a writing technique that is found frequently in the gospel of Matthew, we can theologicaly explain the intention of Mt 8-9 more clearly than any other existing …
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A mediator in Matthew: an analysis of the Son of Man’s function in the first Gospel
The function of the Son of Man in the Gospel of Matthew is not settled. The majority of the research on the Son of Man in Matthew has been focused on the latter part of the Gospel, that is, Matt 21‒25. A gap still needs to be filled in the research—a consistent, theological understanding of the …
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The Problem of Synoptic Relationships in the Development and Testing of a Methodology for the Reconstruction of the Matthean Community
… faced in this study was to discover a method of obtaining data concerning the Matthean community in a way that does not pre-suppose a solution to the problem of Synoptic relationships. To find such a methodology has become desirable because of the recent reopening of the question of Synoptic …