Part XXXV Matthew – Getting Back in Touch with our Source

I return this week to our study of Matthew’s gospel after a rather long hiatus, which allowed me the opportunity to address other pressing topics such as my visit …

Part XXII Matthew – Jesus through the Lens of Yom Kippur

Matthew observes Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with a flashback story in which John the Baptist, the quintessential Rosh Hashanah figure, although in prison, sends messengers to Jesus …

Part XX Matthew – Introducing Yom Kippur and the Jewish Concept of Atonement

We return this week to our ongoing study of the gospel of Matthew after a six week hiatus in which we examined, first the use of the concept of …

Jewish Symbols of the Lamb Applied to Jesus

Part I: The Lamb of Passover

I want to interrupt our study of Matthew for a few weeks in order to turn our attention to the great …

Part XVIII Matthew – Matthew’s Flashback to John the Baptist

We suggested last week that Mark, the author of the first gospel to be written, introduced his story of Jesus with a narrative appropriate to the Jewish New Year …