The Coming King and the Rejected Shepherd: Matthew's Reading of Zechariah's Messianic Hope
Surprisingly,
this is the first full-length study devoted to Matthew's use of
Zechariah by way of quotation and allusion. Three times he cites
Zechariah (21.5; 26.31; 27.9-10), and on at least eight occasions he
alludes to the prophet (23.35; 24.30, 31, 36; 25.31; 26.15, 28, 56). It
is the messianic vision of Zechariah that has appealed to Matthew, with
its elements of the restoration of the humble Davidic king, the smiting
of the divinely appointed shepherd, the creation of a renewed remnant,
and the worship of Yahweh by all nations. Among the questions Ham
undertakes to resolve in this precise and clearly presented monograph
are: how much Matthew's reading of Zechariah owes to his Jewish
predecessors, how much he is in harmony with other early Christian
readers of the prophet, and to what extent his image of Jesus has been
shaped by Zechariah's eschatological hopes.
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