Matthew 24–25 with Anders Runesson

Dr. Anders Runesson (University of Oslo) talks to us about Matthew 24–25. We discuss:

• God’s wrath and judgment
• the destruction of the temple
• the relationship between the temple and the death of Jesus
• signs of the coming of the Son of Man
• the meaning of “the abomination of desolation”
• the parable of the talents
• the judgment of the sheep and the goats
• the meaning of “eternal fire” and “eternal punishment” and the purpose of Matthew’s judgment imagery

Relevant Works by Dr. Anders Runesson 

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• Divine Wrath and Salvation in Matthew: The Narrative World of the First Gospel. Fortress, 2016.
• Matthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel, ed. with Daniel Gurtner. Society of Biblical Literature, 2020.

anders Runesson RecommendS

• Journal of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting (an open access and free academic journal)
• A Comparative Handbook to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: Comparisons with Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran Scrolls, and Rabbinic Literature. Brill, 2021.

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