The Torn Veil and T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Volumes I and II

T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Volumes I and II

The Torn Veil

Name: The Torn Veil
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Author: Daniel M. Gurtner
ISBN: 9780521187381

Matthew's Exposition of the Death of Jesus

by Daniel M. Gurtner

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320 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
14 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm

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In this 2006 text, Daniel M. Gurtner examines the meaning of the rending of the veil at the death of Jesus in Matthew 27:51a by considering the functions of the veil in the Old Testament and its symbolism in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism. Gurtner incorporates these elements into a compositional exegesis of the rending text in Matthew. He concludes that the rending of the veil is an apocalyptic assertion like the opening of heaven revealing, in part, end-time images drawn from Ezekiel 37. Moreover, when the veil is torn Matthew depicts the cessation of its function, articulating the atoning role of Christ's death which gives access to God not simply in the sense of entering the Holy of Holies (as in Hebrews), but in trademark Matthean Emmanuel Christology: 'God with us'. This underscores the significance of Jesus' atoning death in the first gospel.