Barnes & Noble The Gospel of Matthew vs. the Hebrew Bible: How the New Testament Rewrites the Tanakh - A Line-by-line Investigation at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga, TN
What happens when Matthew's fulfillment claims are compared with their Hebrew Bible sources?The Gospel of Matthew vs. the Hebrew Bible offers a line-by-line investigation of Matthew's prophecy citations, genealogy, and theological claims. Frans Hansen asks whether the Gospel preserves the meaning of the earlier Scriptures or reshapes them around its account of Jesus.The investigation examines: Isaiah 7:14 and the virgin birth: Hebrew wording and the passage's original setting. Prophecy and context: how earlier passages become predictions in Matthew's narrative. Genealogy: the lineage presented as evidence for messianic identity. Messianic criteria: Matthew's claims compared with the expectations of the Hebrew Bible. Torah and authority: the standards used to evaluate prophecy and religious teaching. The book presents a critical case that Matthew's use of Scripture departs from the contextual meaning of its sources. Its approach is to trace each claim back to the Hebrew text and examine the reasoning connecting source and interpretation.For Jewish, Noahide, and Christian readers interested in biblical interpretation, missionary arguments, and the relationship between Tanakh and the New Testament.Volume 1 in the Gospel vs. Hebrew Bible series. Read the citation. Restore the context. Examine the claim.
What happens when Matthew's fulfillment claims are compared with their Hebrew Bible sources?The Gospel of Matthew vs. the Hebrew Bible offers a line-by-line investigation of Matthew's prophecy citations, genealogy, and theological claims. Frans Hansen asks whether the Gospel preserves the meaning of the earlier Scriptures or reshapes them around its account of Jesus.The investigation examines: Isaiah 7:14 and the virgin birth: Hebrew wording and the passage's original setting. Prophecy and context: how earlier passages become predictions in Matthew's narrative. Genealogy: the lineage presented as evidence for messianic identity. Messianic criteria: Matthew's claims compared with the expectations of the Hebrew Bible. Torah and authority: the standards used to evaluate prophecy and religious teaching. The book presents a critical case that Matthew's use of Scripture departs from the contextual meaning of its sources. Its approach is to trace each claim back to the Hebrew text and examine the reasoning connecting source and interpretation.For Jewish, Noahide, and Christian readers interested in biblical interpretation, missionary arguments, and the relationship between Tanakh and the New Testament.Volume 1 in the Gospel vs. Hebrew Bible series. Read the citation. Restore the context. Examine the claim.
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