St. Matthew (active 1st century), one of the Apostles chosen by Jesus, is traditionally considered the author of the First Gospel. The first recorded information of Matthew tells of a meeting between him and Jesus. At that time Matthew's name was Levi;...

MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST, traditionally the author of the first canonical gospel, which bears his name. His exact dates are unknown, but the gospel was probably written in the last quarter of the first century, possibly in Syrian Antioch. The name...

Matthew the Evangelist (מתי, "Gift of the LORD", Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay; Septuagint Greek: Μαθθαίος, Matthaios), most often called Saint Matthew, is a Christian figure, and one of Jesus's Twelve Apostles. He is credited...

Matthew's Bible: The Old Testament Text of the Evangelist. By Maarten J. J. Menken. BETL 173. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2004, xii + 336 pp., euro60.00 paper. The pleasant green-colored slipcase of this volume should contain a noticeably bright yellow warning label: "Do...

The expected outcome of the government's Microsoft antitrust suit has been, all along, the Sudden Twist -- a moment of astonishment when, as in the traditional staging of Pirandello's play "Six Characters in Search of an Author," a lighting change abruptly shifts attention from...