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The Sheep and the Goats

A Matthean Teaching in Historical Context
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Chad Venters argues that Psalm 80 (Psalm 79 LXX) is an important source for the composition of Matthew 25:31-46. Psalm 80 provides a religio-political background for understanding the devastation facing Israel at the hands of the Romans. Viewing Psalm 80 as a source for Matthew 25:31-46 accounts for the diversity of images found in the Sheep and the Goats and provides further insight into the meaning of the passage. Venters's reading of the Sheep and the Goats contends that the story is not focused on world-ending judgment, but a cataclysmic shift in which Yahweh's vineyard has been taken from Israel and given to the church and the nations. This book augments the larger corpus of Matthean studies, contributing to the less prominent research of Psalm 80 as an influential text for multiple passages in the New Testament and other first century literature. Various studies have proposed the prevalence of Psalm 80, through scriptural "echoes" and "allusions" in the New Testament. Venters seeks to solidify these hypotheses in favor of Psalm 80 as an important background text for the New Testament Gospels.
Chad Venters (PhD, Middlesex University) is the institutional chaplain at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City, Nevada. He is also a lecturer of humanities and world religions at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada.
Chapter One: The Sheep and the Goats Chapter Two: The Fall of Jerusalem Chapter Three: Eschatology and Apocalypticism Chapter Four: The Son of Man Chapter Five: Psalm 80 Chapter Six: The Messianic and Eschatological Development of Psalm 80 Chapter Seven: Psalm 80 in the New Testament Chapter Eight: The Textual Relationship of Psalm 80 and Matthew 25:31-46 Chapter Nine: The Sheep and the Goats as Response to Tragedy Chapter Ten: The Road to Judgment Chapter Eleven: The Problem of the Parousia Chapter Twelve: The Roman-Jewish War as the Day of Yahweh Chapter Thirteen: The Historical Jesus and Christian Response
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