Matthewlinity
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago -Critical Study of Matthew and Masculinity. In this series, I'll be navigating the world of Matthean research:- identifying assumptions, connecting old and new interpretations, including questions and perspectives previously overlooked or undervalued. There's a whole world of research that awaits. Are you ready?
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022: God is pleased with . . ? (Matt 3:16–17)
April 22, 2024 06:41After Jesus is baptized, God is pleased . . . with what exactly? (Matt 3:16–17)
021: John is Expecting Something Different (Matt 3:13–15)
April 18, 2024 04:34Matt 3:13–15 John wants Jesus to take over the ministry and does not want to baptize Jesus. Jesus has different plans.
020: John Warns of Judgement (Matt 3:7–12)
February 03, 2024 23:00John the Baptist warns of coming wrath/judgement Does this fit Matthew's portrayal of Jesus?
019: Validating an Outlier's Perspective (Matt 3:1–6)
January 11, 2024 07:43Episode 19 (Matt 3:1–6) Noting two points: 1. Validating the Outlier Perspective of John the Cleanser (I say "outsider" but "outlier" is probably a more accurate term; 2. Cataloging John's Various Credentials.
018: John's Mission (National repentance, Matt 3:1–6)
December 18, 2023 08:22Part 1 of Matthew chapter 3 John the Baptist calls for national repentance Response is massive
017: Masculinity Studies?
December 07, 2023 10:30Why poetics of Matthew research is not quite masculinity studies. Should I remove the term "masculinity" from the name of the podcast? This question is once more on my mind since I have recently received my first book review by Sébastien Doane.
016: Matthew 2 part 5. Nazareth in Galilee as Refuge
September 05, 2023 06:15Matthew 2:19–23. Jesus grows up in a small town (Nazareth) in Galilee, at a safe distance from Jerusalem. Why?
015: For Her Children. Matthew 2 part 4
August 03, 2023 05:03Matthew 2:16–18 Herod kills the children. "Rachel" weeps for her children.
014: Out of Egypt I Called My Son. Matthew 2 part 3
July 27, 2023 08:52In the middle of the night, Joseph hides the child and the child's mother in Egypt. Verses 13–15 of Matthew chapter 2.
013: The Magi's Success. Matthew 2 part 2
June 09, 2023 07:00Matthew 2:7–12 The Magi do not follow all of Herod's instructions Why are they warned in a dream?
012: "and all Jerusalem with him" Matthew 2 part 1
May 24, 2023 05:35The first six verses of Matthew 2. Why does it say "and all Jerusalem with him" was troubled?
011: Concluding Matthew 1
October 19, 2022 05:40In this episode I offer some conclusions for Matthew chapter 1 as I begin to prepare to move on to study other chapters. In the last 9 minutes I read from the Epilogue of my forthcoming book looking at how Matthew 28 corresponds to Matthew 1.
010: Flipping Patriarchal Agendas. The human pattern of five
February 11, 2022 07:11Finally in this episode I get to answer the question: Why does the genealogy in Matthew chapter one refer to five stories of how particular heirs were produced in a particular way by particular patriarchs from particular mothers ...? So why five? Why five stories? Is there some pattern? Last time in episode nine I compared the first story with the final the fifth story so this time in episode 10 I'm concentrating on the middle three stories and how do they fit the overall pattern; pa...
009: The parallel story to how Joseph became the father of Jesus
January 05, 2022 08:30PG Contains mild adult themes and sexual references. This episode is about the parallel story to how Joseph almost does not become known as the father of Jesus because he thought it would not be right for him to claim to be the father of Mary's child nor pursue marital relations with Mary. There's actually a parallel story that for some reason we haven't previously studied even though it's such a close story parallel, much closer than the apocryphal story of Noah's birth, or the a...
008: Connecting both units in Matthew chapter 1 (5 mothers)
November 09, 2021 10:09This episode is about what connects the first unit and the second unit in what we usually call Matthew chapter one, as if they might be intended to function together as a single, whole as a single unit? It's very easy to treat them separately as two distinct literary units. But how are they meant to be connected together as a single unit? And what about Mary? Why does Mary appears in both units? Somehow Marry seems to be connected back to the earlier references to four previous mothe...
What I took away from episodes 7a and 7b
September 30, 2021 08:22What I took away from studying the structural patterns in episodes 7a&b...
007b: What's "all this" that's happened? (Matt 1:22)
September 12, 2021 04:55This is the second part of episode 7 which completes the structural analysis of Matt 1:18-25 by examining the centerpiece of the literary unit, namely verse 22. What is verse 22 referring to when it says "this whole thing happened..." if it has not yet happened (not yet been narrated)? The solution turns out to be pretty obvious.
007a: The Jesus Messiah's genesis was thus..? Unpacking the heading in Matt 1:18
August 22, 2021 08:12This episode is about the seemingly vague heading at the beginning of the story unit in verses 18 to 25 of Matthew chapter 1, which says: "The Jesus Messiah's progeneration was this way." What is it saying..? What was this way..? What actually ends up being narrated in the story unit is presumably what the heading is trying to introduce. It might actually be a good heading if only we knew how to unpack it. Fortunately we do now. I'll be demonstrating how to unpack the heading in ver...
006: What Was Joseph Thinking? (Six Assumptions)
April 20, 2021 08:47What was Joseph thinking about Mary when he decided to divorce her quietly? Why did he not consult Mary before making his decision? Does the text indicate an answer? Yes! But first we need to examine six common assumptions. Timestamps for Episode 006: 0:00:00 blurb & reading aloud of Matt 1:18–25 0:03:30 the double question (What was Joseph thinking? Why doesn't he consult Mary?) 0:09:35 1st assumption (mixing in Luke with Matthew?) 0:13:45 2nd assumption (how Joseph knew Mary was p...
005: Why 5 mothers? Feminist solution? Can we find the answer in the text?
July 23, 2020 12:35This episode introduces a mystery: Why does the messianic lineage include references to a few mothers? In the first section of Matthew chapter 1 (the so-called genealogy) prior to identifying Mary as the mother of Jesus the Messiah (verse 16) it refers to four other mothers, three identified by name: Tamar (verse 3); Rahab and Ruth (verse 5); and verse 6 mentions Uriah's wife (we can identify her as Bathsheba). Why include only a select few mothers in the Messiah's lineage? Why these moth...
004: Fourteen Interpretations (the gap in the text of Mt 1:17)
October 23, 2018 09:01Episode 4. Exploring multiple interpretations of the meaning of the number fourteen in Matt 1:17. Why is it important that the number of generations should be fourteen? The text points out that the number of generations is fourteen plus fourteen plus fourteen as if there's some significance attached to the number fourteen but then it doesn't tell us what it all means. What do we do about this gap in the text? What do we do about having so many interpretations of the gap? What does any of...
003: The 3-Part Mythic Paradigm of Cosmic Proportions in The Genealogy (Mt1:17)
June 09, 2018 09:43In episode 3, I try to answer two questions about verse 17 of Matthew chapter 1... Why is it structured in three parts? and, Why is it of equal proportions? Short Answer: The structure of the genealogy is a three-part mythic paradigm of cosmic proportions. Part 1 examines the pattern of kingship, exile, and Christos. Part 2 examines the cosmic proportions (apocalyptic dimensions), touching on the issue of divine providence.
002: Verse 1 of Matthew. Defining the Genesis of Christos in Eight Nouns
February 24, 2018 04:31In this episode (episode 2), I provide a commentary on verse 1 of Matthew. Verse 1 consists of eight nouns, in four pairs: BIBLOS GENESIS JESUS CHRISTOS SON (OF) DAVID SON (OF) ABRAHAM I discuss the main debates, namely is verse 1 the original heading for the whole book? What's the meaning of the first pair of nouns: Biblos Genesis? Is this intended to echo the name of the first book of the Bible? Or perhaps echo the naming of the first account of human ancestry (in Gen 5:1)? Also the fo...
001: PreText. Podcast Agenda, Book Title, Authorship Questions
November 22, 2017 08:15The first episode of Matthewlinity. "PRETEXT" Episode 1 has three parts. Part 1: Agenda of Podcast. I explain the name and aim of the podcast: Critical Study of Matthew and Masculinity. Why 'Critical Study'? Why 'Matthew'? Why 'Masculinity'? Part 2: Title of Book. I explain the meaning of the traditional name of the book of Matthew and how the book and its title are distinct matters of interpretation. I try to answer: What did it originally mean to call the book 'Evangel According to M...