Authorship and purpose of Matthew's gospel
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- Created on: 30-03-16 09:53
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- Authorship and purpose of Matthew's gospel
- Who?
- We don't really know but all traditional attemptes link Matthew with a tax collector who became one of Jesus' disciples but this is difficult to sustain as he is not mentioned as one of the 12 in Mark's list
- All that is certain is the Matthew was a Jew as he was respectful of Jewish laws and customs and was engaged in some from of fight with Judaism and its religious leaders
- We don't really know but all traditional attemptes link Matthew with a tax collector who became one of Jesus' disciples but this is difficult to sustain as he is not mentioned as one of the 12 in Mark's list
- When?
- If Matthew used Mark as a source then he must have been writing after 70 CE and there appears to be an allusion to the destruction of the Temple
- Ignatius of Antioch quotes Matthew in about 115 CE
- Most scholars place Matthew in the middle of this 70-15 CE period at about 80-90 CE
- Ignatius of Antioch quotes Matthew in about 115 CE
- If Matthew used Mark as a source then he must have been writing after 70 CE and there appears to be an allusion to the destruction of the Temple
- Where?
- As he is quoted by Ignatius of Antioch it has led scholars to believe he was connected to the church in Antioch, a Syrian city
- We know that both Peter and Paul ministered in Antioch and quarrelled over a question of whether Christians bneeded to continue observing Jewish law
- It seems like Antioch sided with Peter who thought Jewish law should reamin in place
- Ultimately we can't be sure about his location but there does seem to be a fit with the theological environment that Antioch suggests
- It seems like Antioch sided with Peter who thought Jewish law should reamin in place
- We know that both Peter and Paul ministered in Antioch and quarrelled over a question of whether Christians bneeded to continue observing Jewish law
- As he is quoted by Ignatius of Antioch it has led scholars to believe he was connected to the church in Antioch, a Syrian city
- Why?
- WD Davis thinks the most likely reason why Matthew wrote his gospel was as a Christian answer to Jamina
- After the destruction of the Temple Judaism practically collapsed, the Sadducees had been wiped out and so it was left to the Pharisees to re order and re formulate Judaism
- The Pharisees gathered at Jamina and took steps to guide the community to make it appear stable and permanent
- Matthew was writing to encourage his readers to keep going but also to define and defend his Christian community
- He emphasised the law and Jesus' status in the community
- Matthew was writing to encourage his readers to keep going but also to define and defend his Christian community
- The Pharisees gathered at Jamina and took steps to guide the community to make it appear stable and permanent
- After the destruction of the Temple Judaism practically collapsed, the Sadducees had been wiped out and so it was left to the Pharisees to re order and re formulate Judaism
- WD Davis thinks the most likely reason why Matthew wrote his gospel was as a Christian answer to Jamina
- Who?
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