Professor David Sim - School of Theology (Faculty of Theology and Philosophy)
Fully accredited supervisor - Can supervise as principal supervisor

New Testament Studies, especially the Gospel of Matthew; Jewish and Early Christian History
Contact
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Research Interests
New Testament Studies ; New Testament ; Gospel of Matthew ; Matthew ; Jewish ; Gospel ; Jewish and Early Christian History ; Early Christian History ; Christian ; Christianity ; Jewish History ;
Methods Expertise
No research method is currently recorded.
Research Projects
Selected Publications
2010
Jesus as Role Model in the Gospel of Mathew: Does the matthaen Jesus Practice What He Preaches?, in No Code
The Gospels and the Politics of Replacement, in Studies of Religion and Politics in the Early Christian Centuries
2009
The Rise and Fall of the Gospel of Matthew, in Expository Times: international journal of biblical stu...
Matthew and the Pauline Corpus: A Preliminary Intertextual Study, in Journal for the Study of the New Testament (print ve...
Paul and Matthew on the Torah: Theory and Practice, in Paul, Grace and Freedom: Essays in honour of John K.Riches
Wealth and Poverty in the Gospel of Matthew, in Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church V: Poverty and Riches
2008
Matthew, Paul and the origin and nature of the gentile mission: The great commission in Matthew 28:16-20 as an anti-Pauline tradition, in HTS Teologiese Studies
Jewish Literature of the Period, in Judaism in Transition 175 BCE-150 CE. Christian and Jewish Perspectives
Matthew and Ignatious of Antioch, in Matthew and His Christian Contemporaries
Matthew and Jesus of Nazarus, in Matthew and His Christian Contemporaries
Introduction, in Matthew and His Christian Contemporaries
Reconstructing the Social and Religious Milieu of Matthew: Methods, Sources, and Possible Results, in Matthew, James and Didache: Three Related Documents in their Jewish and Christian Settings
The Synoptic Gospels, in The Expository Times
2007
The Gospel of Matthew, John the Elder and the Papias Tradition: A Response to R H Gundry, in Hervormde Theologise Studies
Matthew 7.21-23: Further Evidence of Its Anti-Pauline Perspective, in New Testament Studies
2006
The Appearances of the Risen Christ to Paul: Identifying Their Implications and Complications, in Australian Biblical Review
The Failed Christian Mission to the Jews: A Historical and Theological Defence of the Jewish Position, in Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church IV: The Spiritual Life
2005
How Many Jews Became Christians in the First Century? The Failure of the Christian Mission to the Jews, in Hervormde theologise Studies
Conclusions, in The Gospel of Matthew in its Roman Imperial Context
Rome in Matthew's Eschatology, in The Gospel of Matthew in its Roman Imperial Context
Christian Judaism: A Reconstruction and Evaluation of the Original Christian Tradition, in Themes in Jewish Christian relations
2003
The Defensibility of Christian Judaism, in Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church III: Liturgy and Life
2002
Matthew and the Gentiles: A Response to Brendan Byrne - and Byrne Responds, in Australian Biblical Review
Matthew's Anti-Paulinism: A neglected feature of Matthean Studies, in Hervormde Teologiese Studies
The Dissection of the Wicked Servant in Matthew 24:51, in Hervormde Teologiese Studies