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  3. The Suffering Son of David in Matthew's Passion Narrative
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2023
      November 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009261654
      9781009261647
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009261654
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 278 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion
      Series:
      Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (183)
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    Subjects:
    Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion
    Series:
    Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (183)
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    In this book, Nathan C. Johnson offers the first full-scale study of David traditions in the Gospel of Matthew's story of Jesus's death. He offers a solution to the tension between Matthew's assertion that Jesus is the Davidic messiah and his humiliating death. To convince readers of his claim that Jesus was the Davidic messiah, Matthew would have to bridge the gap between messianic status and disgraceful execution. Johnson's proposed solution to this conundrum is widely overlooked yet refreshingly simple. He shows how Matthew makes his case for Jesus as the Davidic messiah in the passion narrative by alluding to texts in which David, too, suffered. Matthew thereby participates in a common intertextual, Jewish approach to messianism. Indeed, by alluding to suffering David texts, Matthew attempts to turn the tables of the problem of a crucified messiah by portraying Jesus as the Davidic messiah not despite, but because of his suffering.

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    ‘Anyone with an interest in the Matthaean passion narrative, the title of ‘Son of David’ as applied to Jesus or the New Testament use of the Psalms will find much of interest here.‘

    Dom Anselm Brumwell Source: The Downside Review

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