Exodus in Matthew’s Looking Glass: Jesus’s Flight to Egypt (Matt 2:13–18) as a Reflection Story
Matthew’s placement of Hosea 11:1 – “Out of Egypt I called my son” – following the arrival of Jesus in Egypt has been largely misinterpreted by scholars as a “premature quotation.” The Old Testament’s expanded portrayal of a symbolic Egypt, the interpretative framework of the Social Identity Approac...
| Published in: | Horizons in biblical theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Horizons in biblical theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Matthäusevangelium 2,13-18
/ Bible. Hosea 1,1
/ Exodus tradition
/ Egypt (Altertum, Motiv)
/ Intertextuality
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
reflection story
B Egypt B Matthew B Social Identity B Israel B Exodus B Hosea 11:1 |
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| Summary: | Matthew’s placement of Hosea 11:1 – “Out of Egypt I called my son” – following the arrival of Jesus in Egypt has been largely misinterpreted by scholars as a “premature quotation.” The Old Testament’s expanded portrayal of a symbolic Egypt, the interpretative framework of the Social Identity Approach, and the recognition of Matthew 2:13–18 as a “reflection story” add the necessary keys for understanding Hosea 11:1’s placement. Old Testament exodus stories not only advance the possibility of a symbolic interpretation of Egypt in the citation, but they favor such an interpretation. The exodus allusions in Matthew’s story endorse this symbolic interpretation of Israel as the Egyptian Other. In the looking glass of the exodus, Matthew’s Flight to Egypt story reveals both the character of the Other and that of the story’s hero. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2207 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Horizons in biblical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341431 |