Jesus' teaching on the Torah in the sermon on the Mount
Matthew’s treatment of the Torah remains a much debated issue. The role of the Torah in its relation to Jesus and his teaching is a prominent theme in Matthew. It is the subject of a full scale discussion in Matt 5:17-48. Probably Matthew responds to some Jewish charges that Christians oppose the La...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2006, Volume: 40, Issue: 1, Pages: 135-155 |
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| Summary: | Matthew’s treatment of the Torah remains a much debated issue. The role of the Torah in its relation to Jesus and his teaching is a prominent theme in Matthew. It is the subject of a full scale discussion in Matt 5:17-48. Probably Matthew responds to some Jewish charges that Christians oppose the Law, a charge this Gospel emphatically denies (Matt 5:17-20). The relation between Matt 5:17-20 and the antitheses in Matt 5:21-48 remains a problem in Matthean exegesis. These antitheses raise the question whether Jesus opposed the Torah as such or the understanding of the Torah by specific Judaist groups. Related issues such as Jesus’ unusual treatment of the Sabbath, fasting and purification commands complicate the issue. Does Matthew somehow subsume the detail of Torah by the double love command as sum total of the Torah and the Prophets (Matt 22:34-40) and his double (Matt 9:13 and 12:7) and unique reference to Hos 6:6: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice”? Matthew’s frequent emphasis of the fact that Jesus came to fulfill the Law probably spread light on these questions. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83228 |