The teacher’s Gospel is on display for the first time since 2007. The new binding of the book was made of thin boards covered in leather without embossing at the end of the 18th — beginning of the 19th centuries. The covers are made of laid (vergé) paper. The book has 475 pages, and the Gospel text is complete. The upper part of the book tag bears the inscription “Sunday Readings Gospel” in the 19th century cursive handwriting, with the appended “1681” below, in an ink pencil. One lock on the strap is preserved, the metal is rusty. The book was handed over to the Komi-Permyak Museum from the closed St. Nicholas Church in 1929.
The documents of the Moscow Print Yard list the book as “The Gospel of the Weekly Commentary in dest’ (quires)”. A dest’ is a measure of paper quantity in Rus, equal to 24 sheets. The Gospel According to Matthew is divided into 28 chapters, it begins with the genealogy of Jesus Christ and ends with his resurrection. There are exact dates of printing of the book: it was begun on November 9, 1680, and finished on February 1, 1681. The Gospel According to Matthew was written between AD 40 and 80.
The Gospel of Matthew is called the “teacher’s Gospel” because it presents material in a way that is optimal for teaching. Historically the church has used this version more often than the other three gospels. The Apostle Mark offered a vivid and coherent narrative, Luke provided a subtle study of how Jesus spoke to people, and John portrayed a detailed theological portrait of Christ. Matthew created a biography of Jesus and collected his sayings to present them in the book as they were preached. His Gospel includes parables and episodes that are not found in other books: the healing of the blind men, the coin in the fish’s mouth, the precious pearl, the vineyard workers, the treasure in the field, and the ten virgins, as well as the teaching on the Kingdom of God and the Church.
Matthew is more concise and straightforward in his account of events than Mark, but he gives more detail about Christ’s words. This makes Matthew’s Gospel more authentic, and it is the one that is most often referred to for quoting Jesus Christ and getting familiar with the New Testament. However, a number of scholars claim that it was the Gospel of Mark that was written first.
The documents of the Moscow Print Yard list the book as “The Gospel of the Weekly Commentary in dest’ (quires)”. A dest’ is a measure of paper quantity in Rus, equal to 24 sheets. The Gospel According to Matthew is divided into 28 chapters, it begins with the genealogy of Jesus Christ and ends with his resurrection. There are exact dates of printing of the book: it was begun on November 9, 1680, and finished on February 1, 1681. The Gospel According to Matthew was written between AD 40 and 80.
The Gospel of Matthew is called the “teacher’s Gospel” because it presents material in a way that is optimal for teaching. Historically the church has used this version more often than the other three gospels. The Apostle Mark offered a vivid and coherent narrative, Luke provided a subtle study of how Jesus spoke to people, and John portrayed a detailed theological portrait of Christ. Matthew created a biography of Jesus and collected his sayings to present them in the book as they were preached. His Gospel includes parables and episodes that are not found in other books: the healing of the blind men, the coin in the fish’s mouth, the precious pearl, the vineyard workers, the treasure in the field, and the ten virgins, as well as the teaching on the Kingdom of God and the Church.
Matthew is more concise and straightforward in his account of events than Mark, but he gives more detail about Christ’s words. This makes Matthew’s Gospel more authentic, and it is the one that is most often referred to for quoting Jesus Christ and getting familiar with the New Testament. However, a number of scholars claim that it was the Gospel of Mark that was written first.
