The Gospel of Matthew is a work in process, and this trait is essential to its identity and function. Over against the long history of research centered on Matthew the author and his design for the gospel, Edwin K. Broadhead keeps open the dialectical engagements and the conflicting voices intrinsic to the Gospel of Matthew and to its history of development.

The Gospel of Matthew is an oeuvre mouvante (a work in process), and the dynamics of this process are essential to its identity and function. This understanding of the Gospel of Matthew stands in distinction from the long history of research centered on Matthew the author and his design for the gospel. Focused instead on tradition historythe history of composition and transmissionEdwin K. Broadhead's approach keeps open the dialectical engagements and the conflicting voices intrinsic to the Gospel of Matthew. As a result, the consistently Jewish textures of this gospel are emphasized, there is a broader engagement with the landscape of antiquity, and serious attention is given to further developments in the history of transmission. This focus on the developing tradition thus highlights, rather than suppresses, the viability and the generative potential of such discourses.

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Born 1955; 1977 BA; 1981 MDiv; 1986 PhD; 1991 Dr. theol.; 2005 & 2014 Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Oxford University; additional studies at Bern, Tubingen, Basel; Professor at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.

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The Gospel of Matthew is an oeuvre mouvante (a work in process), and the dynamics of this process are essential to its identity and function. This understanding of the Gospel of Matthew stands in distinction from the long history of research centered on Matthew the author and his design for the gospel. Focused instead on tradition history-the history of composition and transmission-Edwin K. Broadhead's approach keeps open the dialectical engagements and the conflicting voices intrinsic to the Gospel of Matthew. As a result, the consistently Jewish textures of this gospel are emphasized, there is a broader engagement with the landscape of antiquity, and serious attention is given to further developments in the history of transmission. This focus on the developing tradition thus highlights, rather than suppresses, the viability and the generative potential of such discourses.