Christology in the Gospel of Matthew
Christology is the study of Jesus Christ. This paper will discuss the issue of Christology in the Gospel of Matthew. From reading this paper, one will essentially grasp better understanding of how Matthew explains Jesus’ divinity and his message. The relationship between Judaism and Christ will also be discussed.
In the Gospel of Matthew there are many important aspects of his Gospel that point out to us, the crowd Matthews was trying to reach. From the characters, concepts, and quotes Matthew uses, one can understand that he was trying to reach a Jewish crowd. Matthew stresses throughout the Gospel that Jesus is the Son Of God. He stresses this for his Jewish audience. Jesus’ role as the Messiah and Son of God is stressed because of the “Jewishness of the gospel which is especially prevalent in its depiction of Jesus’ role as the fulfillment of the Old Testament’s messianic hope” (1). The fulfillment of the Judaic tradition is......
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