Epiphany in the Intertext. Jesus Christ’s Preexistence in the Gospel of Matthew – a Polemic with Bart D. Ehrman’s Thesis

Jan M. Kozłowski


Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Filologii Klasycznej (Poland)

Abstract

Bart D. Ehrman is of the opinion that the concept of the Messiah’s preexistence is absent from the Gospel of Matthew. However, a careful analysis of the intertextual reference in Matt 2:6 to Micah 5:1-2 shows that the American scholar is wrong.


Keywords:

incarnation, preexistence, Messiah, Gospel of Matthew, Book of Micah, Septuagint, intertextuality, Bart D. Ehrman

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Published
2019-04-23

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Kozłowski, J. M. (2019). Epiphany in the Intertext. Jesus Christ’s Preexistence in the Gospel of Matthew – a Polemic with Bart D. Ehrman’s Thesis. Warsaw Theological Studies, 31(2), 114–125. https://doi.org/10.30439/WST.2018.2.9

Authors

Jan M. Kozłowski 

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Filologii Klasycznej Poland

Dr Jan M. KOZŁOWSKI – adiunkt w Zakładzie Literatur i Języków Klasycznych w Instytucie Filologii Klasycznej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Głównym przedmiotem jego badań jest literatura wczesnochrześcijańska, którą metodologicznie traktuje jako integralną część kultury grecko-rzymskiej. Publikował m.in. w Journal for the Study of Judaism, Vigiliae Christianae czy Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses.



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