Did Matthew Actually Write Matthew? Authorship, Manuscripts & Hebrew Claims

In this deep-dive study, Christopher Enoch investigates the Gospel of Matthew from historical, manuscript, and linguistic perspectives. Discover what the earliest surviving Greek manuscripts like Codex Sinaiticus reveal, how internal anonymity works in the New Testament, why Matthew substitutes 'Matthew' where Mark has 'Levi', and whether the popular tradition of an original Hebrew Matthew stands up to historical scrutiny.

Chapters:
0:00 The Internal Anonymity of Matthew
6:32 What the Four Gospels Actually Claim
12:32 Codex Sinaiticus & The Heading 'Kata Maththaion'
19:38 Literary vs Physical Evidence (Irenaeus & P75)
29:25 The Levi Problem: Mark 2 vs Matthew 9
33:08 Comparing the Synoptic Apostle Lists
38:12 Source Dependency and Name Substitution
41:20 The Hebrew Matthew Myth & Papias of Hierapolis
51:59 Eusebius' Assessment of Papias
56:48 Examining the Four Hebrew Matthew Traditions
1:04:54 Dating the Gospel of Matthew: Internal & External Clues
1:17:09 Provenance: Antioch, Galilee, or Syria?
1:19:13 Greco-Roman Biography Genre Conventions
1:24:13 Scholarly Consensus vs Active Disputes
1:30:54 Live Q&A and Community Discussion