Authorship: The Apostle Matthew, formerly the tax collector Levi.
Date: Around A.D. 55 to 65.
Audience: Jewish Christians, living in Antioch or Syria.
Genre: Composed in Ordinary Greek, a concise book focused on the fulfillment of messianic prophecies.
*AHA!: It is interesting too see the distinctness of authorship in Matthew. Being a tax collector, the organization and fondness for numbers is clearly visible. Also, the book of Matthew is heavily concerned with establishing the idea that Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecies about the Jewish Messiah. Several prophecies from the old testament are referenced, including the impacting and important prophecy of the virgin birth, from Isaiah 7:14, being presented again in Matthew 1:23.
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