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"The first full-scale study of David traditions in the Gospel of Matthew's story of Jesus death. Matthew's messiah does not kill the Romans as many expected, but rather is killed by them. Nevertheless, Matthew cleverly attempts to show that Jesus suffered like David, and is thus the messiah despite his shameful execution"--
List of contents
1. Introduction: Messianic grammar and Matthew's suffering Messiah; 2. Matthew's arrest narrative and Judas' demise; 3. The Psalms before 'the Psalmist': setting the Psalms within the life of David in Antiquity; 4. Setting Jesus's trial narratives within the Davidic Psalms: Matthew without 'the Psalmist'; 5. Setting Jesus's crucifixion within the Davidic Psalms: constructing a Psalmic Sitz in Leben Jesu; 6. Conclusion: the new David: Matthew's executed Messiah.
About the author
Nathan C. Johnson is Assistant Professor at the University of Indianapolis. A scholar of ancient messianism, he has authored over a dozen articles and chapters and is co-editor of 'To Recover What Has Been Lost': Essays on Eschatology, Intertextuality, and Reception History in Honor of Dale C. Allison Jr. (Brill, 2020).
Summary
The first full-scale study of David traditions in the Gospel of Matthew's story of Jesus death. Matthew's messiah does not kill the Romans as many expected, but rather is killed by them. Nevertheless, Matthew cleverly attempts to show that Jesus suffered like David, and is thus the messiah despite his shameful execution.
