Matthew's Emmanuel: Divine Presence and God's People in the First Gospel, Vol. 90

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Author: David D. Kupp

ISBN-10: 0521570077

ISBN-13: 9780521570077

Category: People of God -> Biblical teaching

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Matthew uniquely highlights Jesus as 'Emmanuel', and Dr Kupp examines the implications of this 'presence' motif.

1. Introduction; 2. Matthew's narrative art; 3. Reading Matthew's story of divine presence; 4. Paradigms of presence in the Old Testament; 5. 'I am with you': the Old Testament tradition of the saying; 6. Matthew 1: The birth of the 'God-with-us' Messiah; 7. Matthew 18.1-20: The presence of Jesus and his ecclesia; 8. Matthew 28.16-20: The presence of the risen Jesus; 9. Jesus's presence and Matthew's Christology; 10. Conclusion.