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Israel's Only Shepherd - Matthew's Shepherd Motif and His Social Setting (Paperback, Nippod)
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Israel's Only Shepherd - Matthew's Shepherd Motif and His Social Setting (Paperback, Nippod)
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
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Despite being recognized as the most 'Jewish' Gospel, many argue
that Matthew was penned by someone who sought to distance himself
from Judaism. Scholars have used diverse approaches for determining
the relationship between Matthew and the variegated Judaism of the
first century, but few recognize the important piece that the
Evangelist's Christology - in particular the shepherd motif -
brings to the puzzle of his socio-religious orientation. Wayne
Baxter contends that there are distinctive tendencies in the
shepherd metaphor's appropriation by non-Christ-believing Jewish
and Graeco-Roman authors as well as Christ-believing authors
approximately contemporary with Matthew, which reflect distinct
patterns of thought. By comparing these uses of the shepherd
metaphor Baxter unearths clues about the Evangelist's
socio-religious orientation. Baxter is able to use this to
determines the metaphor's contribution to the overall theological
framework of the Gospel, specifically, its Christology,
soteriology, and the Evangelist's view of mission. Moreover, he is
able to ascertain Matthew's socio-religious orientation, and thus,
and its implications for the debate surrounding the 'parting of the
ways' between Judaism and Christianity.
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