Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.25.3, pp. 1889-1951
 
The Origin and Purpose of Matthew's Gospel
Matthean Scholarship from 1945 to 1980
by Graham Stanton, London

Table of Contents

I. Recent Matthean Scholarship

1890

II. Matthew as Evangelist

1895

1. Redaction Criticism

1895

2. Source Criticism

1899

3. Structure and Style

1903

III. Matthew as Polemicist or Apologist

1906

1. Matthew and Contemporary Christianity

1908

2. Matthew and Contemporary Judaism

1910

a) The 'Traditional' View

1910

b) Matthew's Community is closely related to Judaism post A.D. 70

1911

c) Mathew's Community is Extra-Muros yet still defining itself over against Judaism

1914

d) Was Matthew a Gentile whose Community was no longer arguing with contemporary Judaism?

1916

IV. Matthew as Theologian

1921

1. Christology

1922

2. Ecclesiology

1925

3. Matthew's Use of the Old Testament

1930

4. Matthew's Attitude to the Law

1934

5. The Purpose of the Gospel

1938

V. The Origin of Matthew's Gospel

1941

1. The Geographical Location of Matthew's Community

1941

2. The Date of Matthew's Gospel

1942

VI. Whither Matthean Scholarship?

1943

VII. Select Bibliography

1945
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