About this episode

This episode discusses how Matthew's gospel adapts Jesus to align more closely with Jewish traditions and the figure of Moses.

As Matthew’s author copied and expanded Mark’s gospel, he adapted Jesus for an audience that held the Hebrew Bible in higher regard. Thus the messiah became more loyal to Jewish law, more reverent to temple requirements, and more like Moses than originally described.

Topics covered

• gospel adaptation
• Jewish law
• Moses
• Jesus
• Christianity
• Hebrew Bible

Keywords

• Matthew
• Moses
• Jesus
• gospel
• Jewish law
• Hebrew Bible
• Mark

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Matthew

Books & works: Mark’s gospel, Hebrew Bible

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