TY - BOOK ID - 78138234 TI - Redefining Ancient Borders PY - 2005 SN - 0567339408 9780567339409 056702511X 9780567025111 0567025217 9780567025210 PB - New York Bloomsbury Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Scribes, Jewish. KW - Sofer KW - Soferim KW - Sofrim KW - Sopher KW - Sopherim KW - Sophrim KW - Judaism KW - Functionaries KW - Bible. KW - Evangelie volgens Matteus KW - Evangelie volgens Matthéüs KW - Matʻae pogŭm KW - Matai den KW - Matai ni yoru fukuinsho KW - Matius (Book of the New Testament) KW - Mattá KW - Matteo (Book of the New Testament) KW - Matteus KW - Matthäusevangelium KW - Matthéüs KW - Matthew (Book of the New Testament) KW - Matthieu (Book of the New Testament) KW - Social scientific criticism. KW - Sepphoris (Extinct city) KW - Seffurieh (Extinct city) KW - Sepphoris (Ancient city) KW - Sepporis (Extinct city) KW - Suffuriya (Extinct city) KW - Tsipori (Extinct city) KW - Tsiporim (Extinct city) KW - Tsiporin (Extinct city) KW - Tsippōrī (Extinct city) KW - Ẓippori (Extinct city) KW - Israel KW - Antiquities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78138234 AB - Matthew''s community, contrary to what many scholars believe, was a cosmopolitan, wealthy Jewish Christian community located in Galilee. Gale concludes that Matthew''s community was a conservative Christian community located in Galilee that still believed the laws of the Torah were valid and required strict adherence. Gale''s argument contrasts with many scholars who argue that the Matthean church was in the process of, or had already abolished, the Torah. Gale uses material evidence to indicate that Matthew''s community was cosmopolitan and wealthy, and he argues that the community was also h ER -