Reading Matthew as the climactic fulfilment of the Hebrew story
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2011
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Melbourne Authors
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Arts, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Centre for Jewish History and Culture
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Spadaro, M. C. (2011). Reading Matthew as the climactic fulfilment of the Hebrew story. PhD thesis, Arts, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Centre for Jewish History and Culture, The University of Melbourne.
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© 2011 Dr. Martin Corry Spadaro
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The Gospel of Matthew is increasingly being understood as a document that completes the Hebrew Scriptures and anticipates that the arrival of Jesus constitutes the Day of the Lord. Assuming this, I have employed a reading strategy that is sensitive to both the expectations of the latter prophets, and resonates with the priestly theology of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Such a reading portrays Matthew as a prophetic indictment against Jerusalem and its priesthood. The Gospel reads as a concluding document that is heavily nuanced for a Torah-aware audience. Jesus’ death, according to this lens, becomes the termination of God’s exclusive covenant with Israel. This provides just cause for the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE for Matthew’s audience, who may have needed to know why God had abandoned Jerusalem. This termination of the exclusive covenant with Israel, which took place at Jesus’ death, was necessary for the non-discriminatory and universal New Covenant to be inaugurated through the Great Commission. This thesis demonstrates that Matthew can be plausibly read this way.
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gospel, Matthew, covenant, fulfilment