The Death of Jesus in Matthew (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107110519)

In this book, Catherine Sider Hamilton introduces a new lens through which to view the death of Jesus in Matthew. Using the concept of 'innocent blood', she situates the death of Jesus within a paradigm of purity and pollution, one that was central in the Hebrew Scriptures and early Judaism from the Second Temple to the rabbis. Hamilton traces the theme of innocent blood in Matthew's narrative in relation to two Jewish traditions of interpretation, one (in Second Temple literature) reflecting on the story of Cain and Abel; the other (chiefly in rabbinic literature) on the blood of Zechariah. 'Innocent blood' yields a vision that resists the dichotomies (intra muros vs extra muros, rejection vs redemption) that have characterized the debate, a vision in which both judgment and redemption - an end of exile - may be true. 'Innocent blood' offers a new approach not only to the meaning of Jesus' death in Matthew but also to the vexed question of the Gospel's attitude toward contemporary Judaism.

Author: Catherine Sider Hamilton
ISBN-10: 1107110513
ISBN-13: 9781107110519
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2017
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d