The New Isaac: Tradition and Intertextuality in the Gospel of Matthew

Contents: The fate of the figure of Isaac in the Gospel of Matthew -- The Model Reader, the encyclopedia and textual intention -- The Model Reader, intertextuality and biblical studies -- The Akedah prior to the Common Era -- The Akedah in the first century of the Common Era -- The figure of Isaac in the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew -- The baptism of God’s beloved Son -- The Suffering Servant and Matthean Christology -- The dearth of the Servant in the encyclopedia of early Judaism -- The transfiguration of the beloved Son -- Endurance unto death : the paschal Passion of the beloved Son -- Conclusions and reflections on the Gospel of Matthew and the new Isaac.