Capire i misteri del regno dei cieli. Analisi retorica di Matteo 13

This article is a study of Mt 13 (the Parables of the Kingdom), with particular attention to the composition of the chapter as a whole, using the Biblical Rhetorical Analysis method. After a study of the composition of the single passages (pericopes), the present study analyzes the text at a “superior” or autonomous level of textual organization and formulates the hypothesis that Mt 13, as a whole, constitutes a section of the Gospel of Matthew, composed of two sequences in parallel, each of which rotate around a quotation of the First Testament. This composition introduces Jesus as the one who proclaims and fulfills the Kingdom, who fulfills the history of Israel and of all humanity.