Today we did not write diaries. Instead, an outline for the essays was
presented and discussed at the end of the class.
Assignment for the next week: Prepare an outline/plan for your
essay.
We used the following handout:
Jesus as Wisdom
Background:
Read Proverbs 8:1-21
Read Sirach 6:18-31 and compare with Mt 11:25-30
Jesus as Christ
Mt 1:1
Mt 16:13-20
(cf. Mt 18:18 where the keys are given to the ekklesia as a whole)
Mt 26:63-64
Jesus as Immanuel:
Mt 1:23; 18:19-20; 28:20
Jesus as the Son of Man
Dan 7:13-14 (cf. Mt 28:16-20, see the handouts of 5th February
with quotations from Deut and 2 Chr as well)
The role of the Son of Man, according to Matthew?
Study these passages
Mt 25: 31-23; 19:28; 16:27
Jesus as Kyrios
In Matthew, address kyrie is found on the lips of disciples or
supplicants, didaskalos is in the mouth of the outsiders, especially,
Pharisees and Sadducees or scribes,
Cf. Mt 8:23-27 and Mk 4:35-41
Mt 22:34-40 and Mk 12:28-34