Daniel M. Gurtner

The Torn Veil

Matthew's Exposition of the Death of Jesus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The rending of the veil in Matthew 27:51a is explained in this 2001 text, with reference to ancient Jewish texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521870641
• ISBN-10: 052187064X
• Artikelnr.: 21869362

Autorenporträt

Daniel M. Gurtner (PhD, University of St Andrews) is Professor of New Testament at Gateway Seminary. He has instilled a passion for patient, attentive, and worshipful exegesis in seminary students since 2005. His primary research and writing is in the Gospels and their Judaic contexts.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Veils in the Old Testament
3. Functionality and identity in the 'veil of the temple'
4. The veil in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
5. Matthew's temple and Jesus' death: hermeneutical keys to the rending of the veil
6. Analysis of the Matthean velum scissum pericope
7. Conclusion: Matthew's velum scissum - retrospect and prospect.