http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/ E-Matthew Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:17:15 GMT Larry Swain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/233 ... In addition, one might look at the commentaries and sermons on Matthean texts in comparison to the other 3, particularly Luke. And I believe, though not Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:04:52 GMT jason hood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/232 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/232 Jeffery, YES (but not just Luke, mind you--Mark and John etc. as well). Causal factors? Probably the early interest in ethics/morals (viz. christology) and Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:48:56 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/231 Would it be true to say that Matthew's Gospel seems to have been preferred from early on in the Church's history over Luke's as the source from which Jesus' Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:35:50 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/230 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/230 I've just uploaded the paper I presented at SBL on whether the Synagogue and its liturgy is the matrix of the Lord's Prayer. It's available for viewing at my Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:46:12 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/229 With apologies for cross posting. This is the second notice of the 12th annual E-Lister's gathering at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:11:08 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/228 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/228 With apologies for cross posting. It's that time of year again when the Society of Biblical Literature's Annual Meeting is just round the corner (Nov. 21st- Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:20:32 GMT MillerJimE@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/227 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/227 Let's try this again. Unfortunately, we do not have the original Aramaic (assuming it existed). So there is a difficulty in doing exegesis on that original, Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:06:18 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/226 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/226 ... I appreciate the thrust of this comment, but I have my doubts about its truth. Is Tertullian's cultural world really the same cultural world in which the Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:32:39 GMT Larry Swain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/225 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/225 Following up on Jim's comments, one of the values of early commentaries is that they share a cultural world with the contexts in which the Lord's Prayer is Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:26:16 GMT MillerJimE@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/224 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/224 There remains the question of what modern commentators wish to understand about the text. I see two areas where attention to the earliest commentaries are Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:12:51 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/223 ... Here is a draft of what I've written as an answer to my question. Comments and criticisms and suggestions for improvement are welcome. Jeffrey ******** Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:08:55 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/222 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/222 Can anyone here tell me what the Griesbachian position is (let alone if there here is one, or only one) on the origin of Matt. 4:1-11? What source or sources, Mon, 12 May 2008 20:02:23 GMT Jeffrey B. Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/221 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/221 Apologies for cross posting, but I'd like to have as many people as possible see the questions and requests I'm posting in this message. I'm revising some Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:58:51 GMT Larry J. Swain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/220 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/220 Stephen Carlson has been blogging about Matthew 1:17: http://www.hypotyposeis.org/weblog/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:35:18 GMT Larry J. Swain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ematthew/message/219 Joel Willitts of the Evangelion blog had a recent post about his forthcoming book on Matthew I thought folks might be interested in: