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Regeneration and resurrection in Matthew – Peasants in campo hearing time signals from scribes
The article aimed to describe the distinctive element in the use of the motif of the resurrection in the Gospel of Matthew in comparison with Mark, Luke and the Sayings Gospel Q.
Andries G. van Aarde
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The ultimate commission: the key for the gospel according to Matthew
It is frequently acknowledged that the ultimate commission is important for understanding the whole gospel of Matthew. In this article, we investigate how several themes incorporated in the ultimate commission (28:18-20) are connected to the whole ...
K. Lee, F. P. Viljoen
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Israel and the Individual in Matthew and Midrash: Reassessing “True Israel”
Since the Holocaust, New Testament scholarship has become increasingly sensitive to issues of Christian anti-Judaism. While many Matthean specialists have acknowledged the problems with polemical interpretations of the Gospel, the idea that Matthew ...
Nicholas J. Schaser
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Revisiting Matthew's Communities
The article elaborates upon issues raised in the author's 1992 book, 'A 'Gospel for a New People: Studies in Matthew'. These issues concern the relationship of the first recipients of Matthew's gospel to local Jewish communities and the features of the ...
Graham N. Stanton
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How Matthew quotes the scripture: Analysis of the two old testament quotations in the Gospel of Matthew [PDF]
Starting with the very simplified overview of reception of the Old Testament in the Gospel of Matthew, the author aims to make the use of the two quotations from the collection of the Book of the Twelve more concrete.
Ivić Branislav S.
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Andries van Aarde se Matteusinterpretasie
Andries van Aarde's interpretation of Matthew. This article focuses on Andries van Aarde's interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew. His book, 'God-with-us: The domiliant perspective in Matthew's story, and other essays', consists of a number of articles ...
J. H. le Roux
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This article focuses on rituals in the Gospel of Matthew that affect forgiveness between God and human beings, as well as between human agents. It argues that rituals play an important role in signalling and affecting forgiveness.
M Nel
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The kingdom of heaven and Matthew 10
This article proposes that the mission discourse in Matthew 10 is a single mission assignment that covers two distinct time periods when the gospel of the kingdom is preached.
Jacob J. Scholtz
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Righteousness and identity formation in the Sermon on the Mount
Righteousness is an important term in the first gospel and has a significant concentration in the Sermon on the Mount. The argument in this article is that the first gospel has a community building function.
Francois P. Viljoen
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The superior authority of Jesus in Matthew to interpret the Torah
The arguments posed in this article serve to demonstrate the underlying conflict and struggle for authority in the Matthean Gospel. This struggle signifies part of the debate of those days about the trustworthy keepers of the Torah. Whilst Josephus wrote
Francois P. Viljoen
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