The use of the Old Testament in St. Matthew's Gospel: With special reference to the Messianic hope

by Robert H. Gundry

268 pages, Leather Bound

First published June 1, 1975

About the author

Robert Horton Gundry is Westmont College's Scholar-in-Residence after retiring from a teaching career of nearly forty years. His various areas of expertise include New Testament Greek, Eschatology (end times studies), the Gospels, and New Testament Theology. He received his Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Manchester University in 1961. He has been honored with the Teacher of the Year Award three times, the Faculty Researcher of the Year Award, and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award. His many publications include Jesus the Word according to John the Sectarian: A Paleofundamentalist Manifesto for Contemporary Evangelicalism, Especially Its Elites, in North America, First the Antichrist, Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross, A Survey of the New Testament, Matthew: A Commentary on His Literary and Theological Art, Soma in Biblical Theology with Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology, The Church and the Tribulation, The Use of the Old Testament in St. Matthew's Gospel with Special Reference to the Messianic Hope, as well as numerous articles and book reviews in New Testament studies.

Reviews

[Seumas Macdonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gundry's Doctoral Thesis is clear in its aim and achievements, showing that allusions in Matthew are also mixed LXX/non-LXX, and this destroys the notion that the formula citations are a homogenous group. The second element of his thesis defends Matthew's hermeneutic of the OT as being in line jewish expectations, and a non-atomising treatment of OT texts.