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The Zechariah Tradition and the Gospel of Matthew
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The Zechariah Tradition and the Gospel of Matthew is a comprehensive study of the ways Matthew utilizes Zechariah texts and traditions. Against the background of materials from Qumran, and apocryphal and deuterocanonical writings Matthew's explicit citations of Zechariah are examined; the influence of Zechariah elsewhere in the First Gospel is identified; and the extent to which Matthew alludes to characteristic Zechariah themes, alone or in combination with other prophetic traditions, is explored. Zechariah traditions appear in Matthew's distinctive materials, as well as in texts Matthew has transmitted, or altered, from Mark and Q.
The impact of Zech 9-14 is not limited to the Passion Narrative but extends through Matthew's Infancy and Galilean healing narratives, as well; important concepts from Zech 1-8 are also discerned in the Infancy and Passion Narratives. Moss works through the canonical order of Matthew; this enables readers to appreciate the cumulative effect of Zechariah's influence at each stage of the Gospel story.
Two appendices, one arranged according to Zechariah and the other to Matthew, list possible references to Zechariah in Matthew.
This monograph is useful for Matthean studies and it is an insightful investigation of how one set of Old Testamental traditions are appropriated in one canonical Gospel and in the New Testament.
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Table of contents
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Matthew`s Use of Scripture Traditions
- Chapter One: Jesus, the Newborn King - Davidic Branch, Savior, Emmanuel, Nazarene
- Chapter Two: Jesus` Ministry in Galilee The Healing Shepherd
- Chapter Three: Jesus` Entry into Jerusalem - The The Humble Messianic King
- Chapter Four: Jesus in the Temple - The Prophet from Nazareth in Galilee
- Chapter Five: Jesus and Zechariah The Blood of Zechariah of Barachiah, in the Temple
- Chapter Six: Jesus, the Son of man - The Matthean Apocalypse
- Chapter Seven: Jesus` Blood of the Covenant - Forgiveness of Sins
- Chapter Eight: Jesus, the Stricken Shepherd - The Prophecy Fulfilled
- Chapter Nine: Jesus and the Price of His Betrayal - Judas Sells the Shepherd for Thirty Pieces of Silver
- Chapter Ten: Jesus and the Temple Charge - Rebuilding the Temple
- Chapter Eleven: Jesus`Crucifixion - The Eschatological Signs
- Chapter Twelve: Jesus on the Mount of Olives - The Shepherd King
- Conclusion: Matthew`s Use of Zechariah
- Backmatter