Eight Books of Talmudic Exegesis in the Greco-Roman World

2318 Pages·2019·53.89 MB·English

by  Stavros Mionyi Daghlisz

MIDRASH
AND LECTION IN
MATTHEW
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Type and History in Acts (1964)
The Trustees of the British Museun
CODEX ALEXANDRINUS, f.27 verso (Matt. 26. 46-73)
At the top of each column is written the title of the relevant lection:
ξε IIEPITHCIIAPAAOCEOCTO ϊ'Ττ
65. Of the Betrayal of Jesus
ξς IIEPITHCAPNHCEOC(IIETPOT)
66. Of Peter's Denial
The end of the reading is marked with a 7close to the left margin (5th line left; 14 lines from
bottom right). The paragraphs, marked with capitals and numbers, are the Eusebian canons,
and are irrelevant for reading purposes. See pp. 180-1.
MIDRASH
AND LECTION IN
MATTHEW
M. D. GOULDER
The Speaker's
Lectures in Biblical Studies
1969-71
Wipf & Stock
P U B L I S H E RS
Eugene, Oregon
Wipf and Stock Publishers
199 W 8th Ave, Suite 3
Eugene, OR 97401
Midrash and Lection in Matthew
By Goulder, M.D.
Copyright© 1974 SPCK
ISBN: 1-59244-585-3
Publication date 9/16/2004
Previously published by SPCK, 1974
In Memory of
AUSTIN FARRER

CONTENTS
Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgements xii
Preface xiii
Part I: The Matthaean Manner
1 A SCRIBE DISCIPLED 3
2 THE MIDRASHIC METHOD 28
3 THE MIDRASHIC PARABLE 47
Appendix: A Hundred Rabbinic Parables
4 MATTHEW'S POETRY 70
Appendix: Table of Synoptic Rhythms
5 MATTHAEAN IMAGERY 95
Appendix: Table of Selected Categories of Synoptic Images
6 LANGUAGE AND USE OF SCRIPTURE 116
7 THE NON-MARCAN TRADITIONS 137
8 MATTHEW AND PAUL 153
9 MATTHEW AND THE JEWISH YEAR 171
Appendix A: The A Divisions of Matthew and a
Jewish-Christian Year
Appendix Β: The A Divisions of Mark as Lections
from New Year to Easter
10 THE CHRONICLER AND THE JEWISH YEAR 202
Appendix: The Chronicler's Lectionary System
Part II: The Matthaean Year
11 THE NEW ISRAEL (1—4) 227
12 PENTECOST: THE UNITY OF THE SERMON (5—7) 250
Appendix
vii