Divine Wrath and Salvation in Matthew: The Narrative World of the First Gospel
By Anders Runesson.
Description
Winner of the 2017 F. W. BEARE AWARD Judgment and the wrath of God are prominent themes in Matthew's Gospel. Because judgment is announced not only on the hypocritical but also on those who reject God's messengers—and because this rejection is implicitly connected with the destruction of Jerusalem—the Gospel has often been read in terms of God's rejection of Israel, with catastrophic results. Anders Runesson sets out to show, through careful study of Matthew's composition and comparison with contemporary Jewish literature, that the theme of divine judgment plays ver...
ISBN(s)
0800699599, 9780800699598
