RT Article
T1 "The Jenny and the Colt" in Matthew's Messianic Entry, Part 1: Matthew 21:5 as a Reading of Zechariah 9:9 in Light of Mark 11:1-10
JF The catholic biblical quarterly
VO 81
IS 1
SP 62
OP 84
A1 Carlson, Stephen C. 1968-
LA English
PB Catholic Biblical Association of America
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1667685473
AB The presence of a female donkey (a "jenny") in Matthew's account of the triumphal entry (Matt 21:1-9) has been perplexing because her presence is not mentioned in either of Matthew's sources, Mark 11:1-10 and Zech 9:9. Some scholars hold that the jenny comes from another tradition, but this does not make her presence a fulfillment of the prophecy. Others hold that Matthew broke the parallelism of Zech 9:9, where the humble Messiah is to ride into Jerusalem "on a (male) donkey, and on a colt," but this too does not account for a female donkey at the scene. In this article, I argue for a plenary reading of the Hebrew prophecy where Matthew sees the presence of the jenny fulfilled in Zechariah's characterization of the colt as a "son of jennies."
K1 Bible. Matthew
K1 Bible. Old Testament
K1 Hebrew parallelism
K1 Matthew 21:5
K1 PROPHECY; Christianity
K1 PSYCHOPHYSICAL parallelism
K1 ZECHARIAH (Biblical prophet)
K1 Zechariah 9:9
K1 the colt of a jenny
K1 Triumphal Entry
DO 10.1353/cbq.2019.0051