Additional links found in the Synoptic Gospels Commentary
The following pages reference Matthew
A short history of forgery and heresy in the Bible
The racist origins of the Christmas myth
The Origins of the Virgin Birth Story
The origins of the Virgin Birth story - Topical Index - The same page divided into shorter topical essays for those with slower internet connections...
Background Material
about Matthew's gospel
Was Christ a god incarnate? Differing view points in the Church Testament.
Gentile dogs in Matthew's gospel. The Canaanite and Syro-Phoenician dog parables.
Samaritans, a Roman Centurion and Jews in Matthew's gospel. Was Christ sent to the Jews only?
Contradictions in Matthew's gospel. Matthew's genealogy.
Contradictions on Torah reform in the Gospel of Matthew.
Moral hypocrisy in Matthew's gospel.
Why the Matthew community
of Jewish believers found it
necessary to insist that Christ
was born of a virgin
Did the prophet Isaiah predict the virgin birth of Christ?
Was Jesus Christ the Son of David or the Son of God? The denial of King David in the Gospel of Matthew.
Virgin birth? Son of David or Son of God? Why did certain Jewish Christians reject King David? Why the virgin birth story?
Matthew's editing of Mark's gospel - John the Baptist and the Baptism of Christ
Matthew's editing of Mark. The structural dependance of Matthew's gospel on Mark
Problems of chronology in the Bible compared in chart form to Matthew's genealogy
Matthew's deletions of material found in Mark's gospel
Matthew's deletion of Mark's criticism of Mary
Matthew's redaction of Mark's story of the herd of swine
Matthew's alteration of the story of the menstruating woman
Matthew's breaking apart of Mark's anti-Torah chiasmus
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