Matthew

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

Undergraduate

1. Outline features of the history of interpretation of Matthew’s Gospel;
2. Evaluate plausible socio-political and cultural provenances for the communities that gave rise to Matthew’s Gospel;
3. Outline a reasonable literary structure for Matthew’s Gospel;
4. Exegete the Matthean text competently, employing a range of appropriate exegetical methodologies;
5. Identify distinctive Matthean christological, ecclesiological, pneumatological, missiological and eschatological themes; and
6. Analyse ways in which the proclamation of the First Gospel can provide meaning in contemporary Australian society.

Postgraduate

1. Critique the history of interpretation of Matthew’s Gospel;
2. Evaluate plausible socio-political and cultural provenances for the communities that gave rise to Matthew’s Gospel;
3. Outline a reasonable literary structure for Matthew’s Gospel;
4. Exegete the Matthean text competently, employing a range of appropriate exegetical methodologies;
5. Analyse distinctive Matthean christological, ecclesiological, pneumatological, missiological and eschatological themes; and
6. Critique ways in which the interpretation and proclamation of the First Gospel can provide meaning in contemporary Australian society.

Undergraduate

Classroom:

• One critical review of readings (1,000 words) (25%)
• One thematic seminar paper (1,000 words) (25%)
• One exegetical essay (3,000 words) (50%)

Online:

• One critical review of readings (1,000 words) (30%)
• Online tutorial participation responding to set readings and peer interactions (at least 5 entries of approximately 200 words each) (20%)
• One exegetical essay (3,000 words) (50%)

Postgraduate

Classroom:

• One critical review of readings (2,000 words) (25%)
• One thematic seminar paper (2,000 words) (25%)
• One exegetical essay (4,000 words) (50%)

Online:

• One critical review of readings (2,000 words) (30%)
• Online tutorial participation responding to set readings and peer interactions (total 2,000 words) (20%)
• One exegetical essay (4,000 words) (50%)

• Aune, David E (ed.) The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study (Grand Rapids MI/Cambridge UK: Eerdmans, 2001).
• Byrne, Brendan. Lifting the Burden, Reading Matthew’s Gospel in the Church Today (Strathfield: St Pauls, 2004).
• Carter, Warren. Matthew and Empire: Initial explorations (Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2001).
• Davies, W D and Dale C Allison. The Gospel According to Saint Matthew. (ICC) 3 vols. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1988, 1991 and 1997).
• Gundry Robert H. Matthew: A commentary on his handbook for a mixed church under persecution (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994).
• Hagner, Donald A. Matthew. (WBC) 2 vols. (Dallas: Word, 1993, 1995).
• Harrington, Daniel J. The Gospel of Matthew (Sacra Pagina) (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1991).
• Luz, Ulrich. The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge: CUP, 1995).
• Neyrey, Jerome H. Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew (Louisville: John Knox, 1998).
• Pennington, Jonathan T. Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2009).
• Saldarini, Anthony J. Matthew’s Christian-Jewish community (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994).
• Senior, Donald. The Gospel of Matthew (Nashville: Abingdon, 1997).
• Stanton, Graham N. A Gospel for a New People. Studies in Matthew (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1992).
• Wainwright, Elaine M. Habitat, Humanity, and Holy: An Ecotheological Reading of the Gospel of Matthew (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2016).
• Wainwright, Elaine M. Shall we look for another? A feminist reading of the Matthean Jesus (Maryknoll NY: Orbis, 1998).
• Witherington, Ben. Matthew (SHBC) (Macon: Smyth & Helwys, 2006).