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Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 '$he timm of the aeasAanlc m&um'b iiaa homi a vox&& mm i woric Cif Wi*ei© so&ws4te@3?« ^iiioe tiiea opinions iMive aoirea 'h&twemi eyeing lli @,s a iagasffeio eiaiaemU 'fela© s:'e€laotS.OB of lai'&t refXeotlag tin© f aet tiia;t * lif © wa® mi»@asi;mle aaci ttet; ii© QUly oBMB to ^'OgaMad a,^ Sfssiaii at tii© x^esiarx'ootioiit seQ eeeing ! it as ^elongteg to tue peittam of liiij ovm life Eecessiitated by tim eorfe of he ai^ Jatoseif aa feategu fh© Xattei' ¥low saw the ' i tti© truth mtil& h& dise'ioa®e» llut ti).© tiiyMrfeloa rmmime w% it &mi&, not havo 6i80loeQ€t Gi«pli@a? aacl why the thtme is so diffiouit to uttdel?@tgoad la the goapel^^mrrative a purely histoi^ioal siamea?* without x'v-;£i4iBg ooimeotio&s and lootivos ii|te it» : fe^Uthew t:ai& hnltQ h&%h alter the aiarcah them© oomsid^rsbXy ©itiier toeesuse th@^ did mt umi.-TBtmd. it ojf thouglrt It iaappr0g2?4.gite» • fbey do so? hovv^vea^ l£i aiicoMaae® with qmite oefinlt© doeti^inal point© of mrum Indmid th® lslas.''C}aa timm mema itself to rei'lect^' a aOiS^tic position v^hich is that of the ©vimgelist rathoy than J#ia • hliaself # Ifeasiahship as smeh eeem© to b© repeated by 0mu& In Itofe ®sd,s*esai^«i. d, a© iiiappa^opilat© dwyiBg has earthly life* It is i-eplaeaci lay a aoi*® trsas©eai«tal coi-ieiiptt of the Som of Mm^ (fiapesdemt • Itself«as a aeaox'iption'ot ^o^us^ on his piloy. death emi mmmr&(xbim« \ It ia this too thsi^t; Hatthew Jiuke •cte^'elo^i;) i^ th&Xt' miMef9^^B:^i.on\ of the BixvQm thoet© of eieoraoy with regsueS to Mesfus* messiahship. It is thig^-efw® suggfeetsd thai; th@ ©eo-ceey^thesie iE larik ©steluies cmj pmrely histoyioal a|}:£»3?0aeh to.th© queiatioa ©If ^wsus* laesaiahshipj l)as©ci OS his 6&i1}iily iifo$ as agalast ©ae hasefl on faith to the m roaurrcjotioa Q.t'Ml th© church's pbQt«*3?eauf3?eeti03s Soep©l» of which Jea^s life is oBly th© px'esuppotdtion* iSatthew has tlieoXociiaeci tiJis Imto m eiocawit of SQOTOt revel®*iosi in history aa<J iuk© hm hlatorioi^ed in teims of a histoi:-,y whioh iisast preetd© the §053i:!0l-"-j[£8i^gaa# la oaeh oaee till© theme is impojetaat for the a-VaMgciiists uaaerstjiiifiing of his tasli ia i^elaitiiig Soopel to aisjtoi^- aaa of tiie^i-eiatioB betweeB tbes* THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY. 1965. Title:- THE CONCEALED MESSIAHSHIP IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIFE OF JESUS AND OF THE CHURCH. by Mark Errol Glasswell, B.A. Contents. 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