What's Old is New Again: The Importance of the Jewish Gospel
This study will use the quotations of the Old Testament that are unique to Matthew’s Gospel as a gateway into re-examining how we as followers of the Messiah should also read and appreciate the holy texts of the earliest Christ followers.
Description
One of the distinctive features of Matthew’s Gospel is the attempt to understand Jesus and his mission through the light cast by Jewish Scriptures. While this can be said broadly of nearly all of early Christianity, among the gospels Matthew makes the strongest effort to demonstrate the continuity with and fulfillment of the Old Testament in Jesus’s life. Over the centuries it has become far too easy for later Christians to read the Old Testament at a distance, being comfortable to pick out a favorite verse here or there, but not truly wrestling with what the Scriptures meant for Jesus and his followers—including us today. This study will use the quotations of the Old Testament that are unique to Matthew’s Gospel as a gateway into re-examining how we as followers of the Messiah should also read and appreciate the holy texts of the earliest Christ followers.
Scholarships are available for this course, please email us at candlerfoundry@emory.edu for more information.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Instructor
Zane McGee received his PhD in New Testament from Emory University's Graduate Division of Religion. His dissertation, titled “The Spirit-Educated Children of God” examines the function of childhood imagery in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. While the centrality of descent and inheritance have long been recognized as central to Paul’s argument, Zane argues that the language and rhetoric of the letter as a whole casts the Galatians as immature children in need of proper maturation. His research has been shared at national conferences, such as AAR-SBL and the Society for Classical Studies, as well as a number of regional and specialized meetings. Prior to his doctoral studies, Zane lived in Brazil working as a church planter and continues to be actively involved with the life of the church stateside. Zane received his MTS from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, his MS from Lubbock Christian University, and his BA from Oklahoma Christian University.