Lesson Goals To read Matthew 19-28 with understanding. To understand the Old Testament background to Matthew’s depiction of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, His Passion and death. To understand the deep Old Testament context by which Matthew conveys that Jesus is the long-awaited “Son of David” and the “Son of God.” Lesson Outline I. Review and Overview A. Reading the Last Book B. Promised of…

Lesson Goals To read Matthew 11-18 with understanding. To understand the Old Testament background to Jesus’ teaching in parables. To understand the deep Old Testament context by which Matthew conveys that Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah and the Church is the restoration of the Davidic Kingdom. Lesson Outline I. Review and Overview II. Speaking of Mysteries A. Rejection and Riddles B. What Has…

Lesson Goals To read Matthew 8-10 with understanding. To understand the Old Testament background and allusions in Matthew’s depiction of Jesus’ healings and other miracles and the growing tensions with the scribes and Pharisees. To understand how Matthew uses evocations of select Old Testament prophets to convey that in Jesus, the long-anticipated “restoration” of Israel has begun. Lesson Outline I. Down From…

Lesson Goals To read Matthew 3-7 with understanding. To understand the Old Testament background and allusions in Matthew’s depictions of John the Baptist, the Baptism of Jesus and His temptation in the wilderness. To understand the crucial importance of Jesus’ summary in the Sermon on the Mount: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.…

Lesson Goals To read Matthew 1-2 with understanding. To learn the Old Testament history and background behind the quotations and allusions used in the prologue to Matthew’s gospel. To gain a fuller appreciation of Matthew’s depiction of Jesus as a “new Moses.” Lesson Outline I. Review and Overview II. Matthew’s ‘Book of the Law’ III. The Genesis of Jesus A. Son of Abraham, Son of…

Lesson Goals To understand how important the Old Testament is to reading and interpreting the New Testament. To learn what “typology” is and to appreciate its significance for reading the New Testament. To understand the relationship between the writers of the New Testament and other first-century Jewish interpreters of Scripture. Lesson Outline I. Course Introduction and Overview A. The Power of Allusionr…