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Descent from the Cross, Fra Angelico, ca. 1437
biblical studies and theologyJanuary 25, 2020March 9, 2020

Israel and the Nations in Luke’s Gospel

A Cosmic Mission Much like Matthew, Luke too emphasizes that the non-Jewish nations are now being invited to participate in the re-established reign of God. Luke places Jesus’ genealogy at the transition from the infancy narrative to the account of Jesus’ adult career. So it is significant that Luke traces the Messiah’s ancestry all the…

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biblical studies and theologyJanuary 17, 2020

Interpreting a Gospel Passage: Part II

Reading Matthew for the Effect I laid out in another article an approach to reading the New Testament that places the focus where it lay for the authors of the texts–on the transformation of human lives (see “Interpreting a Gospel Passage: Part I“). Whether we engage the documents as believers or skeptics, I suggested that…

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Last Supper, Ugolino da Siena, ca. 1326
biblical studies and theologyJanuary 17, 2020March 9, 2020

God’s New People in Matthew

God’s New People More than the other Gospels, Matthew is focused in large part on the life of the Christian community. It is only in Matthew that the word “church” (ekklesia, ἐκκλησία) appears on Jesus’ lips as a term for his circle of disciples (Matt 16:18; 18:17). This has seemed unlikely to many historians, who…

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Mosaic of Moses, Monastery of St. Catherines
biblical studies and theologyJanuary 17, 2020

Jesus as the New Moses in Matthew

The Good Law How has the Jewish scribe who penned Matthew’s Gospel re-shaped Mark’s portrait of Jesus? One of the ways is by exploring the relationship between the Messiah’s work and the Jewish law, the Torah of Moses. For many of us today this makes Matthew a difficult book to read well. In the religious…

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The evangelist Matthew from the Book of Kells
biblical studies and theologyJanuary 17, 2020March 9, 2020

The Origins of Matthew’s Gospel

A Faithful Scribe in the Kingdom As we approach the Gospel of Matthew, let us imagine that we are there in the room with the book’s author. His back is turned to us, so we cannot yet see his face. He is seated on a low writing bench, the fresh papyrus roll balanced on his…

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biblical studies and theologyJanuary 10, 2020

Interpreting a Gospel Passage: Part I

Reading for the Effect When we interpret a passage in one of the gospels, one of our primary goals is to understand the text. But what does “understanding” mean here? I don’t think it should mean distilling down the “essence” or “theology” of the text, so that we no longer need to consult the book…

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Exodus, Marc Chagall
biblical studies and theologyJanuary 10, 2020March 9, 2020

The Shape of Mark’s Narrative

The Gospel Plot When we read any book of the New Testament it is easy to miss the forest for the trees. We are often used to hearing or reading short snippets in isolation. What we can overlook, when we read it this way, is that Mark gives his account of Jesus’ mission a clear…

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The Transfiguration, from MS. LUDWIG II 5, FOL. 45V
biblical studies and theologyJanuary 10, 2020March 9, 2020

Jesus’ Unfolding Identity in Mark’s Gospel

A Crucified Messiah If we ask who Jesus is in Mark’s Gospel, one of the first answers to come to mind will usually be the Messiah. Indeed, this is the title Mark gives to Jesus in the opening sentence of his narrative. Although the people around Jesus within the story do not have the advantage…

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biblical studies and theology ethicsJanuary 10, 2020March 9, 2020

Repent and Believe: Jesus’ Call for Response in Mark

In Mark’s Gospel Jesus announces that God is conquering the perversity of a broken creation and restoring it to life and harmony under his reign as king. Mark assumes that this restoration will not be “good news” for everyone. Those who are not sheltered by the cross, who have not joined Jesus in the new…

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biblical studies and theologyJanuary 10, 2020March 9, 2020

The Origins of Mark’s Gospel

The First Written Gospel If we had been part of Mark’s first audience, we would not have picked a bound book up from the shelf of a library or bookstore. In fact, we would not likely have been reading it at all. For years we would have been used to hearing the stories of Jesus…

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