In this study, Brian Carrier provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that seismic language plays within the Matthean Gospel narrative. After reconstructing what connotations seismic language likely carried in Matthew's cultural context, the author utilizes an historically informed author-oriented narrative criticism that is complemented with redaction criticism to analyze the relationships that Matthew's seismic references display with regards to each other and to the overall narrative. This analysis leads to the conclusion that Matthew's seismic references collectively indicate that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus together represent the partial fulfillment of the Old Testament eschatological Day of the Lord.

Born 1981; MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; PhD in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America; currently serves as the Director of Discipleship at The District Church in Washington, DC.

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Born 1981; MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; PhD in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America; currently serves as the Director of Discipleship at The District Church in Washington, DC.