Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Identify Jewish elements in the gospel of Matthew

• Teach the book of Matthew according to themes found within the text

• Relate the questions of the first ethnically Jewish believers to questions asked by modern believers in any setting

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker

Unit 1: Introductory Matters

• Introducing Matthew

• Authorship and Dating

• Dating: Manuscript Evidence

• Examining Fragments of Matthew

• Matthew’s Emphases

• Incipit (Matt 1:1–17)

• Outline of Matthew

• Using Logos Notes to Highlight the Structure of Matthew

• Five Discourses: Contents

• Comparing Gospel Accounts with the Parallel Gospel Reader

Unit 2: Messiah’s Coming (Matt 1–2)

• Themes: Jesus-Moses Typology

• Themes: Fulfillment through Genealogy

• Fulfillment Formulas in the Infancy Narrative

• Fulfillment Formula 1

• Fulfillment Formula 2

• Fulfillment Formula 3

• Fulfillment Formulas 4 and 5

Unit 3: Messiah’s Preparation and Program of Ministry (Matt 3–7)

• John Baptizes Jesus (Matt 3)

• The Devil Tempts Jesus (Matt 4:1–11)

• Examining the Speeches of Satan

• Jesus Begins His Ministry (Matt 4:12–24)

• Sermon on the Mount: Beatitudes (Matt 5:1–11)

• Sermon on the Mount: Law (Matt 5:17–20)

• Sermon on the Mount: Antithesis 1 (Matt 5:21–26)

• Sermon on the Mount: Antithesis 2 (Matt 5:27–32)

• Researching Divorce in Ancient Literature with Cultural Concepts

• Sermon on the Mount: Antitheses 3 and 4 (Matt 5:33–42)

• Sermon on the Mount: Antithesis 5 (Matt 5:43–48)

• Sermon on the Mount: Almsgiving (Matt 6:1–4)

• Sermon on the Mount: Prayer (Matt 6:5–15)

• Sermon on the Mount: Fasting (Matt 6:16–18)

• Sermon on the Mount: Treasures and the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 6:19–34)

• Sermon on the Mount: Hypocritical Judgment (Matt 7:1–5)

• Sermon on the Mount: Pearls before Pigs and Asking, Seeking, and Knocking (Matt 7:6–11)

• Sermon on the Mount: Golden Rule and the Narrow Gate (Matt 7:12–14)

• Searching the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

• Sermon on the Mount: False Prophets and Their Fruit (Matt 7:15–23)

• Finding References to Fruitbearing Trees in the Words of Jesus

• Sermon on the Mount: Wise and Foolish Builders (Matt 7:24–27)

• Sermon on the Mount and Fulfilling Righteousness (Matt 3:15)

• Searching the Dead Sea Scrolls for “Righteousness”

Unit 4: Messiah’s Authority Established (Matt 8–10)

• Cleansing the Leper (Matt 8:1–4)

• Healing the Servant (Matt 8:5–13)

• Letting the Dead Bury the Dead (Matt 8:18–22)

• Stilling the Storm (Matt 8:23–27)

• Healing the Demoniacs (Matt 8:28–34)

• Son of Man Claiming Authority on Earth (Matt 9:1–8)

• Physicians, Fasting, and Fresh Wineskins (Matt 9:9–17)

• Calling and Sending the Disciples: Introduction (Matt 10)

• Finding What Jesus Says about the Gentiles

• Calling and Sending the Disciples: Freely Give and Jesus as “Cynic”? (Matt 10:5–15)

• Calling and Sending the Disciples: Fear Not (Matt 10:16–23)

• Calling and Sending the Disciples: Fear Not (Matt 10:24–42)

Unit 5: Messiah’s Kingdom and Its Coming (Matt 11–13)

• John’s Question about Jesus (Matt 11:1–6)

• Qumran and the Messiah (4Q521)

• Rejecting John and Jesus (Matt 11:7–24)

• My Yoke Is Easy (Matt 11:25–30)

• Lord of the Sabbath and God’s Chosen Servant (Matt 12:1–21)

• Son of David and the Sign of Jonah (Matt 12:22–42)

• Tagging Beelzebul as a Reference to Satan

• Kingdom Parables: Survey (Matt 13)

• Kingdom Parables: Wheat and Weeds (Matt 13:24–30, 36–43)

• Finding All the Parables in the Bible

• Kingdom Parables: Have You Understood? (Matt 13:51–58)

Unit 6: Life in the New Community (Matt 14–18)

• Walking on Water (Matt 14:22–33)

• Tradition of Man versus Law of God (Matt 15:1–20)

• Faith of the Canaanite Woman (Matt 15:21–28)

• Peter’s Confession (Matt 16:13–20)

• Jesus’ First Prediction of His Death (Matt 16:21–28)

• Jesus’ Transfiguration (Matt 17:1–13)

• Paying the Temple Tax (Matt 17:24–27)

• Community Regulations (Matt 18)

Unit 7: Consummation of the Age (Matt 19–25)

• Rich Young Man (Matt 19:16–26)

• Judging the Twelve Tribes of Israel (Matt 19:27–30)

• Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1–16)

• Jesus’ Second Prediction of His Death (Matt 20:17–28)

• Son of David Healing the Blind Men (Matt 20:29–34)

• Consummation of the Age: Overview (Matt 21–25)

• Triumphal Entry (Matt 21:1–11)

• My House (Matt 21:12–17)

• Cursing the Fig Tree (Matt 21:18–27)

• Parable of the Two Sons (Matt 21:28–32)

• Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matt 21:33–46)

• Finding Different Interpretations of Isaiah 5 in Ancient Literature

• Criticism of Religious Leaders (Matt 23)

• Eschatological Discourse: Mount of Olives Declaration (Matt 24:1–26:5)

• Eschatological Discourse: Parables (Matt 24:45–25:13)

• Eschatological Discourse: Parable of the Sheep and Goats (Matt 25:31–46)

Unit 8: Messiah’s Humiliation and Exaltation (Matt 26–28)

• Plotting and Anointing for Jesus’ Death (Matt 26:1–16)

• Last Supper: Words of Institution (Matt 26:26–29)

• Testimony of Jesus (Matt 26:47–68)

• Jesus’ Trial before Pilate (Matt 27:11–26)

• Jesus’ Crucifixion and Burial (Matt 27:27–66)

• Resurrected Saints (Matt 27:52–53)

• Guard at the Tomb (Matt 27:62–66)

• Resurrection: Women at the Tomb (Matt 28:1–10)

• Great Commission (Matt 28:18–20)

Conclusion

• Closing Remarks

Details

• Title: NT314 Book Study: The Gospel of Matthew in Its Jewish Context

• Instructor: Craig A. Evans

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2015

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 10