Matthew’s Messianic Shepherd-king: In search of “the lost sheep of the house of Israel”
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Matthew’s Messianic Shepherd-king: In search of “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” | |
| Creator | Willitts, Joel | |
| Description | The article intends to grasp the meaning of the phrase “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” in the Matthean logia of 10:5b-6 (and 15:24). It shows that in recent Matthean research the phrase has become an abstract salvation-historical category disconnected from narrative and historical particularity. However, generally seen, scholars have neglected a thorough treatment of the phrase within both Matthew’s own presentation of the story of Jesus and a firstcentury Jewish schatological context. In this article the context of the phrase is investigated at several levels. It argues that it should be read against the backdrop of the political-national framework of the Messianic Shepherd-King expectation with its attending expectations for territorial restoration. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2007-05-08 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v63i1.209 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 63, No 1 (2007); 365-382 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/209/144
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