The Light Burden of Discipleship: Embodying the New Moses and Personified Wisdom in the Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Matthew is, it can be argued, directed primarily by the invitation to discipleship. In this, Jesus’ invitation, two images, both steeped within Second Temple Judaism, converge: Jesus as the New Moses and Jesus as personified Wisdom, the Logos made flesh. Sharbaugh examines this convergence...
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2013-01-01
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| description | Gospel of Matthew is, it can be argued, directed primarily by the invitation to discipleship. In this, Jesus’ invitation, two images, both steeped within Second Temple Judaism, converge: Jesus as the New Moses and Jesus as personified Wisdom, the Logos made flesh. Sharbaugh examines this convergence so as to articulate a relationship between Christology and the central theme of Matthew’s Gospel, a call to discipleship as relational. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcc078b0bcfb4b689c569eff27f54e462023-10-20T17:33:57ZengThe Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.Journal of Moral Theology2166-28512166-21182013-01-0121The Light Burden of Discipleship: Embodying the New Moses and Personified Wisdom in the Gospel of MatthewPatricia SharbaughGospel of Matthew is, it can be argued, directed primarily by the invitation to discipleship. In this, Jesus’ invitation, two images, both steeped within Second Temple Judaism, converge: Jesus as the New Moses and Jesus as personified Wisdom, the Logos made flesh. Sharbaugh examines this convergence so as to articulate a relationship between Christology and the central theme of Matthew’s Gospel, a call to discipleship as relational.https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11254-the-light-burden-of-discipleship-embodying-the-new-moses-and-personified-wisdom-in-the-gospel-of-matthew |
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