Matthew's motive for the composition of the story of Judas's suicide in Matthew 27
In this paper the author tries to show that Matthew's intention with the Judas story is not to report the manner of Judas's death, but to provide a particular version of the story in order that the more important motifs of the rest of the gospel can be contained in it. By means of these mo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1994, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-52 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Judas B Relation to Old Testament B Role of the twelve desciples B Christianity B Matthew 27:3-10 |
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| Summary: | In this paper the author tries to show that Matthew's intention with the Judas story is not to report the manner of Judas's death, but to provide a particular version of the story in order that the more important motifs of the rest of the gospel can be contained in it. By means of these motifs Matthew wants to indicate who is responsible for Jesus' death. The combined quotation from Zechariah and Jeremiah provides a basis for the interpretation of Judas's suicide in such a way that the guilt of the chief priests is stressed. Therefore the story of Judas's suicide is much more about the chief priests and elders and that which they represent, than about the fate of an individual Judas. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_288 |