Matthew’s New David at the End of Exile
Matthew’s New David at the End of Exile

Author: Nicholas G. Piotrowski

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-09-07

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 900432688X

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Matthew crowds more Old Testament quotations and allusions into the prologue than anywhere else in his gospel. In this volume, Nicholas G. Piotrowski demonstrates the narratological and rhetorical effects of such frontloading. Particularly, seven formula-quotations constellate to establish a redemptive-historical setting inside of which the rest of the narrative operates. This setting is defined by Old Testament expectations for David’s great son to end Israel’s exile and rule the nations. Piotrowski contends that the rhetorical effect of this intertextual storytelling was to provide the Matthean community with an identity—in a contentious atmosphere—in terms of God’s historical design for the ages, now fulfilled in Jesus and his followers.

The Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit
The Temple Complex at Horvat Omrit

Author: J. Andrew Overman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-09-13

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9004461906

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This report from the Omrit temple excavations presents artifacts (e.g., ceramics, frescoes, coins, etc.) recovered in the excavations of the Roman period sanctuary in northern Israel, and discusses the stratigraphy, building phases, and dating of the complex.