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Wayne Baxter, "Divine Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew" (Fortress Academic, 2022)

Wayne Baxter, "Divine Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew" (Fortress Academic, 2022)

FromNew Books in Religion


Wayne Baxter, "Divine Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew" (Fortress Academic, 2022)

FromNew Books in Religion

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2023
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Podcast episode

Description

The Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as ‘Shepherd. ’ Is this theme part of the Gospel’s divine Christology? Wayne Baxter, by exploring shepherd imagery in the Hebrew Bible and the literature of Second Temple Judaism, answers, ‘Yes!’ 
Tune in as we speak with Wayne Baxter about his recent book, Divine Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew (Fortress Academic, 2022).
Wayne Baxter is professor of New Testament and Greek at Heritage College and Seminary in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
Michael Morales is Professor of Biblical Studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and the author of The Tabernacle Pre-Figured: Cosmic Mountain Ideology in Genesis and Exodus(Peeters, 2012), Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?: A Biblical Theology of Leviticus(IVP Academic, 2015), and Exodus Old and New: A Biblical Theology of Redemption (IVP Academic, 2020). He can be reached at mmorales@gpts.edu
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Released:
Jan 23, 2023
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