Matthew's new David at the end of exile : : a socio-rhetorical study of scriptural quotations / / by Nicholas G. Piotrowski.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 170
• Author: Piotrowski, Nicholas G.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 170.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (337 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Matthew crowds more Old Testament quotations and allusions into the prologue than anywhere else in his gospel. In this volume, Nicholas G. Piotrowski demonstrates the narratological and rhetorical effects of such frontloading. Particularly, seven formula-quotations constellate to establish a redemptive-historical setting inside of which the rest of the narrative operates. This setting is defined by Old Testament expectations for David’s great son to end Israel’s exile and rule the nations. Piotrowski contends that the rhetorical effect of this intertextual storytelling was to provide the Matthean community with an identity—in a contentious atmosphere—in terms of God’s historical design for the ages, now fulfilled in Jesus and his followers.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Effect of Isaiah’s Narrative World in Matthew 1:18–25 -- The Effect of Micah’s Narrative World in Matthew 2:1–12 -- Exile and David in the Late Second Temple Cultural Encyclopedia -- The Effect of Hosea’s and Jeremiah’s Narrative Worlds in Matthew 2:13–21 -- The Effect of the Prophets’ Narrative World in Matthew 2:22–23 -- The Effect of Isaiah’s Narrative World in Matthew 3:1–4:11 -- The Effect of Isaiah’s Narrative World in Matthew 4:12–17 -- Conclusion -- The Source of Matthew’s Formula-Quotations -- Bibliography -- Index of Texts -- Index of Modern Authors.