The Suffering Son of David in Matthew's Passion Narrative
In this book, Nathan C. Johnson offers the first full-scale study of David traditions in the Gospel of Matthew's story of Jesus's death. He offers a solution to the tension between Matthew's assertion that Jesus is the Davidic messiah and his humiliating death. To convince readers of his claim that Jesus was the Davidic messiah, Matthew would have to bridge the gap between messianic status and disgraceful execution. Johnson's proposed solution to this conundrum is widely overlooked yet refreshingly simple. He shows how Matthew makes his case for Jesus as the Davidic messiah in the passion narrative by alluding to texts in which David, too, suffered. Matthew thereby participates in a common intertextual, Jewish approach to messianism. Indeed, by alluding to suffering David texts, Matthew attempts to turn the tables of the problem of a crucified messiah by portraying Jesus as the Davidic messiah not despite, but because of his suffering.
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The Suffering Son of David in Matthew's Passion Narrative
In this book, Nathan C. Johnson offers the first full-scale study of David traditions in the Gospel of Matthew's story of Jesus's death. He offers a solution to the tension between Matthew's assertion that Jesus is the Davidic messiah and his humiliating death. To convince readers of his claim that Jesus was the Davidic messiah, Matthew would have to bridge the gap between messianic status and disgraceful execution. Johnson's proposed solution to this conundrum is widely overlooked yet refreshingly simple. He shows how Matthew makes his case for Jesus as the Davidic messiah in the passion narrative by alluding to texts in which David, too, suffered. Matthew thereby participates in a common intertextual, Jewish approach to messianism. Indeed, by alluding to suffering David texts, Matthew attempts to turn the tables of the problem of a crucified messiah by portraying Jesus as the Davidic messiah not despite, but because of his suffering.
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The Suffering Son of David in Matthew's Passion Narrative

The Suffering Son of David in Matthew's Passion Narrative

by Nathan C. Johnson
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The Suffering Son of David in Matthew's Passion Narrative

by Nathan C. Johnson

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In this book, Nathan C. Johnson offers the first full-scale study of David traditions in the Gospel of Matthew's story of Jesus's death. He offers a solution to the tension between Matthew's assertion that Jesus is the Davidic messiah and his humiliating death. To convince readers of his claim that Jesus was the Davidic messiah, Matthew would have to bridge the gap between messianic status and disgraceful execution. Johnson's proposed solution to this conundrum is widely overlooked yet refreshingly simple. He shows how Matthew makes his case for Jesus as the Davidic messiah in the passion narrative by alluding to texts in which David, too, suffered. Matthew thereby participates in a common intertextual, Jewish approach to messianism. Indeed, by alluding to suffering David texts, Matthew attempts to turn the tables of the problem of a crucified messiah by portraying Jesus as the Davidic messiah not despite, but because of his suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781009261647
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/23/2023
Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series , #183
Pages: 325
Product dimensions: 5.55(w) x 8.74(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Nathan C. Johnson is Assistant Professor at the University of Indianapolis. A scholar of ancient messianism, he has authored over a dozen articles and chapters and is co-editor of 'To Recover What Has Been Lost': Essays on Eschatology, Intertextuality, and Reception History in Honor of Dale C. Allison Jr. (Brill, 2020).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Messianic grammar and Matthew's suffering Messiah; 2. Matthew's arrest narrative and Judas' demise; 3. The Psalms before 'the Psalmist': setting the Psalms within the life of David in Antiquity; 4. Setting Jesus's trial narratives within the Davidic Psalms: Matthew without 'the Psalmist'; 5. Setting Jesus's crucifixion within the Davidic Psalms: constructing a Psalmic Sitz in Leben Jesu; 6. Conclusion: the new David: Matthew's executed Messiah.
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