(DOWNLOAD) "Christ's Assembly: Community Identity in Matthew." by Currents in Theology and Mission ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Christ's Assembly: Community Identity in Matthew.
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 242 KB
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Preaching Matthew in Liturgical Year A asks for more than interpreting each Sunday's gospel reading. One needs to interpret the individual readings within the overarching theological and social concerns of Matthew. Matthew writes after 70 C.E. and the destruction of the Jerusalem temple, when Judaism had to rethink its identity. As Jewish scholars did this, they excluded Jewish Christians from their fellowship, which raised all sorts of questions for such Jewish Christians. Were they no longer faithful Jews? Were they wrong to accept Jesus as the Anointed One, the messianic King? Matthew wrote his gospel to help his community understand who they were and what they should be about during this crisis. (1)
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