The King Who Teaches: St. Matthew’s Royal Curriculum

A Pedagogical Aid

Eugene E. Lemcio

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781666777505
  9781666777512
• eBook ISBN:
  9781666777529
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

This unique work is a teaching-learning guide to help instructors and students to determine "What makes Matthew Matthew?" Displays followed by leading questions and statements help one to determine how the Evangelist adopted, adapted, and arranged his sources (both "sacred" and "secular") in light of his convictions about and experience of Jesus. Comparing and contrasting the first Gospel with the other Synoptics (and occasionally with John) also contributes to identifying his concerns. Neither standalone nor comprehensive in its intention, method, or scope, this work of pedagogy is meant to be used (and not simply read) alongside--rather than instead--of standard tools such as introductions and commentaries. Although no knowledge of biblical languages is presupposed, references to Matthew's own use of Greek--and the Greek of his Jewish Scriptures--also enrich this study.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Abbreviations
• Definitions
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Matt 1:1. The First Evangelist’s “Headline”
• Chapter 2: Matt 1:1–2. What’s in a Name?
• Chapter 3: Matt 1–2 & Luke 1–2. Infancy Narratives in M & L
• Chapter 4: Matt 1:1–17 & Luke 3:23–38. Jesus’ Genealogy
• Chapter 5: Matt 2:13–23. Flights: To & from Egypt
• Chapter 6: Matt 3:11–17. T. Levi 18:6–9 & Jesus’ Baptism
• Chapter 7: Matt 4:1–11 & 6:9–13. Desert Testing/Temptation & the Lord’s Prayer
• Chapter 8: Matt 4:8–10, Luke 4:5–8 & Dan 7:13–14. A Tale of Two Visions
• Chapter 9: Matt 4:18–22. Fishing for “Men” & the Demography of Mission
• Chapter 10: Matt 5:1–12. The Beatitudes
• Chapter 11: Matt 5:21–48 “The Six Theses-Antitheses”
• Chapter 12: Matt 5:43–48 & Luke 6:27–36. Loving Enemies
• Chapter 13: Matt 6:9b–13 & Luke 11:1–4.The Lord’s Prayer
• Chapter 14: Matt 8–9a. Signs & Wonders: Jesus, Elijah & Elisha
• Chapter 15: Matt 8–9b. Jesus & Asclepius: Healers Extraordinaire
• Chapter 16: Matt 8:5–13 & Luke 7:1–10. The Centurion’s Servant
• Chapter 17: Matt 10:1–37. The Purpose of the Jewish Mission
• Chapter 18: Matt 11:27–29. Mutual Knowledge of Father & Son in Q
• Chapter 19: Matt 12:22–28. The Parable of the Strong/er Man
• Chapter 20: Matt 13:1–9. The Parable of Soils & the Purpose of Parables
• Chapter 21: Matt 13:24–30, 36–43. The Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat (M)
• Chapter 22: Matt 14:26–33 & 16:13–21. Two Confessions
• Chapter 23: Matt 15:21–28. The Quality of Mercy—and of Faith
• Excursus 1: Matt 15:21–28. Two Joshuas & Two Canaanite Women?
• Chapter 24: Matt 16:13–23. Peter’s Confession, Rise, & “Fall”
• Chapter 25: Matt 16:18–19, 18:17–18, & John 20:23. Binding & Loosing
• Chapter 26: Matt 16:21–28. Christology & the Ethos of Discipleship
• Chapter 27: Matt 17:1–13. The Transfiguration of Jesus
• Chapter 28: Matt 17:24–27 & 22:17–21. Peter’s Penny179 & Caesar’s Denarius
• Chapter 29: Matt 18:10–14 & Luke 15:3–7. The Parable of the Stray/Lost Sheep
• Chapter 30: Matt 18:23–35. Lavishing Forgiveness in Jesus’ Ekklesia & Praying to the Heavenly Father for It
• Chapter 31: Matt 20:1–16. The Parable of the Vineyard Laborers in Context
• Chapter 32: Matt 21:1–17. Once in Royal David’s City
• Chapter 33: Matt 21:33–36. The Parable of the Vintner & Tenant Farmers
• Chapter 34: Matt 22:1–14 & Luke 14:15–24. The Royal Wedding Feast & Great Banquet
• Chapter 35: Matt 22:34–40. Commands to Love God & Neighbor
• Chapter 36: Matt 22:34–40. Love Commands in the First Gospel
• Chapter 37: Matt 23. Jesus Contra Scribes & Pharisees
• Chapter 38: Matt 24:1–24 & Isa 13. Shaking the Foundations
• Chapter 39: Matt 24:1—25:30. The Great Delay in M & Q
• Chapter 40: Matt 25:31–46. Final Judgment
• Chapter 41: Matt 25:31–46. Final Judgment
• Chapter 42: Matt 26:26–29. What Kind of Sacrifice?
• Chapter 43: Matt 26:28. The Blood of the Covenant
• Chapter 44: Matt 26:57–68 & 27:2–26. Trials before Caiaphas & Pilate
• Chapter 45: Matt 27:38–54 & 4:1–11. The Last (and First) Temptations of God’s Son
• Chapter 46: Matt 27:38–54. At the Crucifixion
• Chapter 47: Matt 27:54. The Soldiers’ “Confession”
• Chapter 48: Matt 27:51–54, 28:1–10. “For All the Saints”
• Chapter 49: Matt 28:18 (M) & Dan 7:13–14. Commission & Authorization
• Chapter 50: Matt 28:18–20 & Mark 16:14–20. The Great Commission
• Chapter 51: A Common Narrative Pattern
• Appendix 1: Savior Gods in the Mediterranean World
• Appendix 2: Origen on the Gospels’ Diversity
• Bibliography