Abstract
Matthew is commonly understood to have condemned Jews in general and Jerusalem in particular for rejecting Jesus and his followers. Three features of Matthew reveal that this was not his intent. First, the selection of texts and their usage in formula quotations demonstrate that Matthew's belief in God's faithfulness to Jerusalem and its populace; and his implicit soteriology, which employs day of atonement ritual imagery, includes the people of Jerusalem among those forgiven as a result of Jesus' death. Second, the relationship Matthew sees between Moses and Jesus renders Moses neither obsolete nor reduced in significance. Finally, Matthew calls Jesus "son of God" to claim legitimacy for his teachings within Judaism rather than to make a statement about the nature of Jesus' person.
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