1. Introduction; 2. Veils in the Old Testament; 3. Functionality and identity in the 'veil of the temple'; 4. The veil in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism; 5. Matthew's temple and Jesus' death: hermeneutical keys to the rending of the veil; 6. Analysis of the Matthean velum scissum pericope; 7. Conclusion: Matthew's velum scissum - retrospect and prospect.
The rending of the veil in Matthew 27:51a is explained in this 2001 text, with reference to ancient Jewish texts.
Daniel M. Gurtner is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary.
'Gurtner has produced an extremely valuable study that clarifies many of the issues that revolve around this small but highly significant detail in the Matthean text.' The Expository Times
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