Book of Matthew Is Theology. The Book, Essay

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book of Matthew is theology. The book, written by an unknown evangelist, is dedicated to the truth of Jesus Christ as the son of the living God. It is without a doubt that the author believed the truth of the conception of Jesus Christ. Therefore, Matthew 1:16, 18-25 is clear about this conception. However, there are numerous views negating this belief. Brown, claims that it is unrealistic to believe in the virgin birth because it is not mentioned anywhere in the New Testament other than in Matthew and Luke. This, according to him, is an indication that it was a late invention or one proposed by the early church, because such a remarkable and relevant issue could have been mentioned by other New Testament writters. In addition, Campenhausen performed a survey of the theology of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the early church.

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He observes that the virgin birth was just the beginning of the early christian message.

Nonetheless, there are variant readings of the bible designed to avoid calling Joseph "the husband of Mary or Mary a virgin. According to Williamson, The importance of Isaiah 7 is the fulfillment of the words, "the virgin shall be with child and bear a son and shall name him Emmanuel" (Isaiah 7:14) in Matthew 1:16,18-25. However, the New American Bible Revised Edition, like other bible translations of Isaiah 7:14, refer to Mary as a young woman and not a virgin. Williamson, further reveals that the RSV translation of Isaiah 7:14 also refering to Mary as a "young woman" was due to scholarly disbelief in the virgin birth. Interesting is the Septuagait verson, which….....

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