In this 2006 text, Daniel M. Gurtner examines the meaning of the rending of the veil at the death of Jesus in Matthew 27:51a by considering the functions of the veil in the Old Testament and its symbolism in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism. Gurtner incorporates these elements into a compositional exegesis of the rending text in Matthew. He concludes that the rending of the veil is an apocalyptic assertion like the opening of heaven revealing, in part, end-time images drawn from Ezekiel 37. Moreover, when the veil is torn Matthew depicts the cessation of its function, articulating the atoning role of Christ's death which gives access to God not simply in the sense of entering the Holy of Holies (as in Hebrews), but in trademark Matthean Emmanuel Christology: 'God with us'. This underscores the significance of Jesus' atoning death in the first gospel.
Author(s): Daniel M. Gurtner
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 320
COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 3
SERIES-TITLE......Page 5
TITLE......Page 7
COPYRIGHT......Page 8
DEDICATION......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 14
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 16
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 25
1 The State of the Discussion......Page 26
1.1 The Lexical Argument......Page 27
1.2 The Visibility Argument......Page 29
1.3 The Apologetic Arguments......Page 31
1.4 The Christological Arguments......Page 35
(a) Temple Lintel......Page 40
(b) Mourning......Page 41
(c) Breath of Jesus......Page 42
(e) Prayer......Page 43
(g) Temple......Page 44
(h) Various......Page 45
1.6 Modern Attempts......Page 46
2 A New Approach......Page 48
Introduction......Page 53
1 Curtains of the Tabernacle......Page 57
1.1 The Tabernacle Proper......Page 60
1.2 The First Layer of the Roof (Exod. 26:1–6)......Page 61
1.3 The Second Layer of the Roof (Exod. 26:7–13)......Page 62
1.4 The Third (rams’ skin; Exod. 26:14a) and Fourth (leather; Exod. 26:14b) Layers of the Roof......Page 63
1.6 Other Screens, Veils, and Curtains......Page 64
2.1 The Veil of the Tabernacle......Page 65
2.2 The Veil of the Temple......Page 67
2.3 Lexical Distinction: …......Page 68
2.4 …Translational Considerations......Page 69
Introduction......Page 71
1 …Curtain of the Entrance of the Courtyard......Page 73
2 …The Screen of the Door of the Tent of Meeting......Page 75
3.1 Implicit Functions of the Veil......Page 76
3.2 Explicit Functions of the Veil......Page 84
Function of the Veil: Conclusion......Page 94
Introduction......Page 96
1 History and Structure of the Jerusalem Temple......Page 97
2 …within the Non-canonical LXX......Page 98
3 …outside the LXX......Page 100
4 The Veil outside…Language......Page 106
5 Philo and Josephus (Revisited)......Page 117
The Veilin Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism: Conclusion......Page 119
Introduction......Page 121
1 The Temple in Matthew’s Gospel......Page 122
2 Matthew’s Temple: Conclusion......Page 148
3 The Death of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel......Page 150
4 Jesus’ Death in Matthew: Conclusion......Page 160
Matthew’ stemple and Jesus’ death: Conclusion......Page 161
1.1 Text......Page 162
1.2 Redaction at 27:50: Jesus’ Death......Page 163
1.3 Redaction at 27:51 a: the velum scissum Proper......Page 164
1.4 Redaction at 27:51b–53: The ‘Special Material’......Page 168
2.1 Defining Terms......Page 176
2.2. The Significance of the Matthean ‘Special Material’ in Context......Page 184
2.3 Apocalyptic Imagery and Referentiality of the Veil......Page 193
2.4 Matthew’s Adaptation of Mark’s Velum Scissum Account......Page 196
2.5 What is Revealed......Page 202
3 Functionality and the Velum Scissum......Page 207
3.1 Matthean Redaction and Cessation of Function......Page 208
3.2 Implications for the Cessation of Function......Page 211
3.3 Cessation of Function and Eschatological Restoration......Page 217
Analysis of the Matthean velum scissum Pericope: Conclusion......Page 219
1 Retrospect......Page 223
2 Prospect......Page 225
Diagram VEILL ANGUAGE IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE TABERNACLE......Page 227
Appendix 1 VEILL ANGUAGE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT......Page 229
Appendix 2 VEILL ANGUAGE IN THE TWO TABERNACLE ACCOUNTS......Page 233
Appendix 3 AND THE…......Page 237
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 240
INDEX OF TEXTS......Page 293
INDEX OF SELECT SUBJECTS......Page 316
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS......Page 317
INDEX OF SELECT TERMS......Page 321
