JESUS AS MOSES The way Matthew then tells the story of Jesus draws on a lot of ... from the killing of the babies, in the birth narrative, to the Sermon on the Mount, to even to the way that ...

Matthew’s infancy narrative announces that Jesus’ birth is the climax of God’s long story with Israel. In addition, Jesus is presented as epitomizing all of Israel’s history. This is further shown in ...

Luke 2:8-21 narrates the story of an angel telling the ... or “Dennis the Short,” to calculate the date of Jesus’ birth. The gospels of Matthew and Luke speak of Jesus being born when ...

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke, which detail Jesus’ birth, differ significantly ... and artifacts resembling elements of the nativity story. However, critics argue there’s no ancient source ...

JESUS AS MOSES The way Matthew then tells the story of Jesus draws on a lot of ... from the killing of the babies, in the birth narrative, to the Sermon on the Mount, to even to the way that ...

His special emphasis on Jesus as Messiah continues not only in the birth narrative but also in the ministry of Jesus and in the Paschal Mysteries. Matthew thus has prepared us for the next stage of ...