| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 337 pages) |
| Series |
Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 0167-9732 ; v. 131 |
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Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 131
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| Contents |
The fate of the figure of Isaac in the Gospel of Matthew -- The Model Reader, the encyclopedia and textual intention -- The Model Reader, intertextuality and biblical studies -- The Akedah prior to the Common Era -- The Akedah in the first century of the Common Era -- The figure of Isaac in the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew -- The baptism of God's beloved Son -- The Suffering Servant and Matthean Christology -- The dearth of the Servant in the encyclopedia of early Judaism -- The transfiguration of the beloved Son -- Endurance unto death : the paschal Passion of the beloved Son -- Conclusions and reflections on the Gospel of Matthew and the new Isaac |
| Summary |
This work contends that when rightly read as a coherent narrative in its first-century setting, the Gospel of Matthew evinces a significant Isaac typology which coheres well with the Matthean themes of Jesus as new temple and ultimate sacrifice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Isaac (Biblical patriarch)
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Isaac (Biblical patriarch) -- Sacrifice.
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Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Bible. Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Matthew -- Relation to Genesis.
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Intertextuality in the Bible.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009029998 |
| ISBN |
9047429133 (electronic bk.) |
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9789047429135 (electronic bk.) |
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