‘The Jenny and the Colt’ in Matthew’s messianic entry, Part 2: Matthew 21:7 as a reading of Mark 11:7 in Light of Zechariah 9:9
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Carlson, Stephen C.. (2019). ‘The Jenny and the Colt’ in Matthew’s messianic entry, Part 2: Matthew 21:7 as a reading of Mark 11:7 in Light of Zechariah 9:9. Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 81(2), pp. 235 - 251. https://doi.org/10.1353/cbq.2019.0105
Authors | Carlson, Stephen C. |
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Abstract | Matthew's description of Jesus taking his mount in 21:7 as "and he sat on top of them" has been a crux interpretum for centuries. Some take it literally even though it is impossible for a human to sit on two donkeys at once. Others try to avoid the problem by referring the plural pronoun "them" to the coats the disciples placed on the donkeys instead. I contend that both readings are unsatisfactory, and I bring new evidence and arguments, including Matthew's plenary reading of Zech 9:9 set forth in part 1 of the study (see CBQ 81 [2019] 62-84), to argue that the plural pronoun functions for Matthew as a whole-for-part synecdoche, where the jenny and the colt constitute a conceptual whole such that when Jesus sits on top of "them," he takes his mount on the part that fulfills the Hebrew prophecy. |
Keywords | triumphal entry; Matthew 21:7; anaphoric ambiguity; synecdoche |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
Journal citation | 81 (2), pp. 235 - 251 |
Publisher | Catholic Biblical Association of America |
ISSN | 0008-7912 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1353/cbq.2019.0105 |
Page range | 235 - 251 |
Research Group | Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
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