The Torn Veil: Matthew's Exposition of the Death of Jesus

by Daniel M. Gurtner

• ISBN13: 9780521870641
• ISBN10: 052187064X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Society for New Testament Studies monograph series presents specialized research into all aspects of New Testament textual and historical culture, taking a range of approaches. This is widely recognized as the most authoritative and prestigious forum for serious scholarly publication in the area, and series books are highly regarded by biblical scholars the world over. The series has been published by Cambridge since 1965, and now contains well over 100 titles. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xii
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The State of the Discussion	p. 2
The Lexical Argument	p. 3
The Visibility Argument	p. 5
The Apologetic Arguments	p. 7
The Christological Arguments	p. 11
Miscellaneous Arguments	p. 16
Temple Lintel	p. 16
Mourning	p. 17
Breath of Jesus	p. 18
Structure of Mark	p. 19
Prayer	p. 19
Markan Context	p. 20
Temple	p. 20
Various	p. 21
Modern Attempts	p. 22
A New Approach	p. 24
Veils in the Old Testament	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
Curtains of the Tabernacle	p. 33
The Tabernacle Proper	p. 36
The First Layer of the Roof (Exod. 26:1-6)	p. 37
The Second Layer of the Roof (Exod. 26:7-13)	p. 38
The Third (rams' skin; Exod. 26:14a) and Fourth (leather; Exod. 26:14b) Layers of the Roof	p. 39
Curtains of the Courtyard	p. 40
Other Screens, Veils, and Curtains	p. 40
The Inner Veil	p. 41
The Veil of the Tabernacle	p. 41
The Veil of the Temple	p. 43
Lexical Distinction: [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible]	p. 44
[characters not reproducible] and the [characters not reproducible]: Translational Considerations	p. 45
Functionality and Identity of the 'Veil of the Temple'	p. 47
Introduction	p. 47
[characters not reproducible] #1: Curtain of the Entrance of the Courtyard	p. 49
[characters not reproducible] #2: The Screen of the Door of the Tent of Meeting	p. 51
[characters not reproducible] #3: The Veil between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies	p. 52
Implicit Functions of the Veil	p. 52
Explicit Functions of the Veil	p. 60
Function of the Veil: Conclusion	p. 70
The Veil in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism	p. 72
Introduction	p. 72
History and Structure of the Jerusalem Temple	p. 73
[characters not reproducible] within the Non-Canonical LXX	p. 74
[characters not reproducible] outside the LXX	p. 76
The Veil outside [characters not reproducible] Language	p. 82
Philo and Josephus (Revisited)	p. 93
The Veil in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism: Conclusion	p. 95
Matthew's Temple and Jesus' Death: Hermeneutical Keys to the Rending of the Veil	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
The Temple in Matthew's Gospel	p. 98
Matthew's Temple: Conclusion	p. 124
The Death of Jesus in Matthew's Gospel	p. 126
Jesus' Death in Matthew: Conclusion	p. 136
Matthew's Temple and Jesus' Death: Conclusion	p. 137
Analysis of the Matthean Velum Scissum Pericope	p. 138
Introduction	p. 138
Text and Redaction	p. 138
Text	p. 138
Redaction at 27:50: Jesus' Death	p. 139
Redaction at 27:51a: the velum scissum Proper	p. 140
Redaction at 27:51b-53: The 'Special Material'	p. 144
Apocalypticism and the velum scissum	p. 152
Defining Terms	p. 152
The Significance of the Matthean 'Special Material' in Context	p. 160
Apocalyptic Imagery and Referentiality of the Veil	p. 169
Matthew's Adaptation of Mark's velum scissum Account	p. 172
What is Revealed	p. 178
Functionality and the velum scissum	p. 183
Matthean Redaction and Cessation of Function	p. 184
Implications for the Cessation of Function	p. 187
Cessation of Function and Eschatological Restoration	p. 193
Analysis of the Matthean velum scissum Pericope: Conclusion	p. 195
Conclusion: Matthew's velum scissum - Retrospect and Prospect	p. 199
Retrospect	p. 199
Prospect	p. 201
Diagram: Veil Language in the Structure of the Tabernacle	p. 203
Veil Language in the Old Testament	p. 205
Veil Language in the Two Tabernacle Accounts	p. 209
[characters not reproducible] and the [characters not reproducible]	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 216
Index of Texts	p. 269
Index of Select Subjects	p. 292
Index of Modern Authors	p. 293
Index of Select Terms	p. 297
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