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Class Prep
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The Story of Jesus in Matthew
 In the last class, we saw that the Gospel of Mark was not particularly well-written. We saw how modern editions of the Bible "clean up" the bad grammar by deleting "ands" and "immediatelys," by putting all the narrator's verbs in the past tense, and also by rendering the idioms and time-markers into normal modern English equivalents. More interesting, perhaps, was the NAB's choice to change Mark's centurion's comment from "A son of God" to "THE Son of God," making it sound like this Roman soldier chose Jesus over his own Emperor as the real agent of God on earth).- This process of "cleaning up" Mark isn't unique to modern translators. It started as early as gospel #2. Matthew copies almost all of Mark's story, but adds a LOT (like the infancy story you'll read in chapters 12 and the sermon on the mount in chapters 57.
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- For today's reading, begin with Cariello's rendering of the first half of the gospel in The Action Bible, and then read Matthew 12 and 57 in the NRSV closely. Be able to answer the following questions:
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- How does Cariello situate the story of Jesus in the Roman imperial context?
- As you review The Action Bible 526-44, what stories do you find there that are NOT in Matthew 12?
- Now focus on Matthew 12. Outline the structure of this infancy story. What are its six main parts? Are there any patterns you find in the outline?
- You are familiar from our chart in a prior class with seven different models of the messiah. Which one(s) do you find Matthew alluding to in chapters 12 and 57? Be able to offer "proofs" of verses or images that demonstrate the model.
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- Assigned Readings
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- Primary: Action Bible 519-585 (read the NRSV version of Matthew 1–2 and 5–7 closely)
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- Secondary: Carter, Telling Tales about Jesus 123-49; online class prep
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- Optional: Carter, Telling Tales about Jesus 99-122 (read this summary of the Gospel if you need help understanding the primary textthat is, the Gospel itself)
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- Slides for Lecture
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- Today's Authors
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Warren Carter is Professor of New Testament at Brite Divinity School, part of Texas Christian University. He specializes in the Roman imperial context of early Christianity, and has written over twenty books and dozens of articles on the gospels and their political context.
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Sergio Cariello is a Brazilian-American comic book artist. He's published with major comic book publishers such as Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and recently has been penciling and inking "The Lone Ranger" for Dynamite Entertainment" and the "Son of Samson" series for Christian publisher Zondervan. |
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