Matthew the Evangelist
Matthew the Evangelist is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ and the traditional author of the Gospel of Matthew (AD 80-90). He is traditionally considered identical to the tax collector Matthew the Apostle or "Levi" mentioned in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
Modern scholarship
According to the consensus of modern biblical scholars Matthew the Apostle is not the writer of the Gospel of Matthew, who in fact is anonymous.[1][2] If the Gospel was not written by Matthew as tradition states, then the author was probably a male Jew, standing on the margin between traditional and non-traditional Jewish values, and familiar with technical legal aspects of scripture being debated in his time.[2]
Matthew The Evangelist Media
Matthew in a painted miniature from a volume of Armenian Gospels dated 1609, held by the Bodleian Library
Saint Matthew and the Angel (1661) by Rembrandt
The Evangelist Matthew, Byzantium, 14th century. Location: Greece, Athos, Hilandar monastery.
Saint Matthew (1713–1715) by Camillo Rusconi, Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome
Matthew the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century
Saint Matthew in the Ebbo Gospels
The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599–1600, Caravaggio
Saint Matthew and the Angel by Guido Reni, 1620–1630
Stained-glass depiction of Saint Matthew at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina
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References
- ↑ Burkett, Delbert (2002). An introduction to the New Testament and the origins of Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-521-00720-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Duling, Dennis C. (2010). "The Gospel of Matthew". In Aune, David E. (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-0825-6
