Theology

Roland Deines

Die Gerechtigkeit der Tora im Reich des Messias

Mt 5,13–20 als Schlüsseltext der matthäischen Theologie

[The Righteousness of the Torah in the Kingdom of the Messiah. Mt 5:13–20 as a Key Text in Matthean Theology.]

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Roland Deines demonstrates the Matthean understanding of the new place and function of the Torah in the kingdom of the Messiah through a detailed exegesis of the crucial text Matthew 5:13–20 in the context of the whole gospel. It becomes clear that Matthew is not the advocate of a law-abiding community but a theologian with a genuine profile who is able to show that the new message of Jesus signifies a transformation and not a straight continuation or a nullification of the biblical writings regarded as »law and prophets".
How can righteousness be achieved? Through the Torah or through Christ? In the Gospel of Matthew it is the Messiah, Jesus Son of David, who is God's only agent for the fulfillment of »all righteousness«. If this is the case, the question is what is the function of the Torah when the kingdom of God is to appear. Roland Deines demonstrates the Matthean understanding of the new place and function of the Torah in the kingdom of the Messiah through a detailed exegesis of the crucial text Matthew 5:13–20 in the context of the whole gospel. It becomes clear that Matthew is not the advocate of a law-abiding community but a theologian with a genuine profile who is able to show that the new message of Jesus signifies a transformation and not a straight continuation or a nullification of the biblical writings regarded as »law and prophets".
Authors/Editors

Roland Deines Born 1961; 1997 PhD; 2003 Habilitation; until 2016 Professor of New Testament at the University of Nottingham; since 2017 Professor of Biblical Theology and Ancient Judaism at Internationale Hochschule Liebenzell.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 131 (2006), S. 1150–1152 (Donald A. Hagner)
In: Theologische Beiträge — Jg.37 (2006), H.1, S.50 (Hanna Stettler)
In: Studien zum NT und seiner Umwelt — Bd.30 (2005), S.227f (A. Fuchs)
In: Revue d'histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses — Jg.85 (2005), H.3, S.445f (Ch. Grappe)
In: New Testament Abstracts — Vol.49 (2005), H.3, S.594f
In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament (JSNT) — Vol.28.5 (2006), S.47f (David Wenham)
In: Für Arbeit und Besinnung a+b — 2005, H.14, S.34ff (Ulrich Heckel)
In: Freiburger Zeitschr.f.Phil.u.Theol. — Bd.52 (2005), H.3, S.790ff (Benedict T. Viviano)
In: H-Soz-u-Kult — hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de (Paul Metzger)
In: Bibel und Liturgie — Jg.78 (2005), H.3, S.222 (Tobias Nicklas)
In: Arbeitskreis f.Evangelikale Theologie — Jg.19 (2005), S.277ff (Volker Gäckle)
In: Trierer Theologische Zeitschrift — 117 (2008), S. 80–82 (Rainer Schwindt)
In: Svensk Exegetisk Arsbok — 73 (2008), S. 213–215 (Thomas Kazen)
In: Review of Biblical Literature — http://bookreviews.org/pdf/6024_6412.pdf (03/2009) (Stephan Witetschek)
In: Bibel und Kirche — 62 (2007), S. 124 f.
In: Tijdschrift voor Theologie — Jg.46 (2006), H.2, S.189 (Y.v.d.Akker-Savelsb.)
In: Bibel und Kirche — 2017, Heft 4, S. 278