ID: 901001656 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001656	Record Type: Literature

	Gospel of Saint Matthew (Bible, sacred text)

Note: first book of the New Testament. The narrative tells how the Messiah, Jesus, rejected by Israel, finally sends the disciples to preach the gospel to the whole world. Traditional author is St. Matthew. Most scholars believe it was written 70/110 CE, by a male Jew, who is anonymous.

Display Date: ca. 70/110 CE

Names:

	Gospel of Saint Matthew (Bible, sacred text) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Gospel of St. Matthew (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Gospel of Matthew (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Gospel according to Matthew (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον εὐαγγέλιον (Bible, sacred text) (Greek-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian) (I)
		................Bible, New Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts) (P)
		....................Gospels (Bible, sacred text) (I)
		........................Gospel of Saint Matthew (Bible, sacred text) (I)

Related Iconography:

	author is .... Matthew, Saint
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Matthew, Saint (Christian character)) [901000497]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... gospel
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... religious text
	.....(documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Gospel of Saint Matthew (Bible, sacred text)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Gospel of St. Matthew (Bible, sacred text)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Gospel of Matthew (Bible, sacred text)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Gospel according to Matthew (Bible, sacred text)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον εὐαγγέλιον (Bible, sacred text)
	................Scrivener and Ambrose, Criticism of the New Testament (1883) page: livi

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)