Messiah, His Brothers, and the Nations
(Matthew 1.1-17)
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567178985
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 20/12/2012
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
Why does Matthew append ‘and his brothers' to Judah and Jechoniah (1:2, 11)? Secondly, why does Matthew include the following four annotations: ‘and Zerah by Tamar', ‘by Rahab', ‘by Ruth', and ‘by the [wife] of Uriah' (1:3-6)? Jason B. Hood uses a composition critical approach in which he examines biblical genealogies and ‘summaries of Israel's story' in order to shed light on these features of Matthew's gospel.
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Problem and Method
2. Compositional Category (1): Biblical Genealogies
3. Compositional Category (2): Summaries of Israel's Story
4. The Messianic King ‘and His Brothers': Matthew 1.2, 11
5. The Women in the Genealogy
6. Four Praiseworthy Non-Jews
7. Beginning and Ending
8. Conclusion
Summary: Contribution, and Points for Further Research
Bibliography
Hood's solutions are attractive and certainly worthy of consideration. Religious Studies Review