The Gospel of Matthew

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The Gospel of Matthew

• Jesus The Jewish Messiah

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• Date 80-85, give or take a decade
• Written in Greek
• Aka- 1) the most Jewish gospel and 2) churchs
  gospel

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Most Jewish gospel

• 130 passages refer directly or indirectly to the
  OT

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Churchs gospel

• This is the only gospel to use the word church
• It is concerned with the churchs organization
• It is concerned with the communal life and
  teaching among the believers

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Author by traditional attribution

• Matthew, a tax-collector among the Twelve

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Author detectable from contents

• a Greek-speaker, who knew Aramaic or Hebrew or
  both
• was not an eyewitness of Jesus ministry
• drew on Mark and a collection of the sayings of
  the Lord (Q), as well as on other available
  traditions, oral and written.
• Probably a Jewish Christian.

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• Matthews community
• Ethnicity mainly Jew ( a few Gentiles)
• Location the Antioch region
• Situation they are not allowed to enter to the
  synagogues
• They are not considered to be Jews anymore- by
  the Jewish community that did not accept Jesus as
  the Messiah

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Sources in the GMt

• The majority of the Mk is used in Mt
• Matt reproduces about 80 percent of Mark
• Q (approx. 235 sayings)
• Special M
• Tale of the Magi
• Herods massacre of Bethlehems children
• Flight into Egypt

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The Infancy Narratives

• Matthew and Luke began their Gospels with
  writings that have come to be known as the
  infancy narratives
• Stories about the birth of Jesus and his early
  life.

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• The introduction begins with the genealogy, or
  family tree, of Jesus, tracing his roots back to
  Abraham
• The genealogy is followed by the story of Mary
  and Joseph

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Jesus the Jewish Messiah

• The Jewish identity of Jesus is confirmed by the
  genealogy provided by Matthew
• Tracing his family line all the way back to the
  father of the Jews,
• Abraham himself
• The genealogy is structured around several key
  persons in the history of the nation Israel
• It traces fathers and sons