Matthew's Bible: The Old Testament Text of the Evangelist

by Maarten J.J. Menken

What type of Old Testament text did Matthew use as editor of his Gospel? On the one hand, the editorially inserted fulfilment quotations with their peculiar textual form may be expected to represent Matthew's biblical text. On the other hand, the remaining OT quotations are mainly Septuagintal, and it is often assumed that Matthew reinforced the Septuagintal character of the quotations which he found in his sources. In the first part of this study,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 904291419X
• ISBN13: 9789042914193
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.7"