Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Tyndale Bulletin
Angaben zur Quelle:
72,1 (2022) 1-24
Keywords:
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel)
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New Testament. Authorship
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Date of authorship
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New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Oaths Religious aspects
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Judaism
Abstract:
Although several Matthean scholars have suggested that the oath formulas in Matthew 23:16-22 offer evidence of a pre-70 date of composition for the Gospel, scholars have not previouslyconducted a thorough investigation of this claim. This essay explores the potential meaningand rationale of the oath formulas, examines post-70 Jewish conceptions of the temple site,scrutinises the oaths ‘by the sanctuary’ or ‘by the temple’ in early rabbinic literature thatpotentially undermine the usefulness of the oath formulas for establishing the date of theGospel, and considers Matthew’s purpose for including Matthew 23:16-22. It concludes thatthe oath formulas of Matthew 23 do lend credible support to a pre-70 date of composition forthe Gospel of Matthew, though they cannot establish this date conclusively.
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