Matthew's New David at the End of Exile - (Novum Testamentum, Supplements) by Nicholas Piotrowski (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this volume, Nicholas G. Piotrowski demonstrates the narratological and rhetorical effects of the Old Testament quotations in Matthew's prologue which establish a redemptive-historical context, and develop expectations for David's son to end Israel's exile and rule the nations.

Book Synopsis

In this volume, Nicholas G. Piotrowski demonstrates the narratological and rhetorical effects of the Old Testament quotations in Matthew's prologue which establish a redemptive-historical context, and develop expectations for David's son to end Israel's exile and rule the nations.

Review Quotes

"This study offers a welcome addition to the growing body of literature surrounding Matthew's scriptural hermeneutic. Piotrowski's careful analysis of scriptural source texts in their respective macro-contexts is commendable, just as his detection of an underlying hermeneutical coherence guiding Matthew's handling of his source material is largely persuasive."
Max Botner, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies, May 2017

"Piotrowski's study shows that there is still much undiscovered insight in the well-worn area of Matthew's formula quotations. He is a clear communicator and is to be highly commended for a creative and articulate study of Matthew's formula quotations."
H. Daniel Zacharias, Acadia Divinity College, Bulletin for Biblical Research 27.3

"Piotrowski's book shows the Gospel of Matthew in a new way. The synchronous approach to the text proves to be a very effective method of literary criticism. Certainly the findings are very inspiring and open the field for further research."
Jacek Pietrzak OP, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, BibAn 7/4 (2017)

"Piotrowski's study is a careful examination of the ways in which the OT texts create patterns for making sense of the events of Jesus's birth and early days. His study of the OT texts and especially their broader context illuminates Matthew's narratival purposes in significant ways."
Joshua Jipp, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

About the Author

Nicholas G. Piotrowski, Ph.D. (2013), Wheaton College, teaches hermeneutics and New Testament at Crossroads Bible College and Indianapolis Theological Seminary. His other works on Matthew can be found in Tyndale Bulletin 64.1 (2013) and Bulletin for Biblical Research 25.2 (2015).