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Abstract

It is emphasized that the narratives of miracles in Matt are very sober and schematic and this fact is usually explained by a literary genre. It is claimed that Matthew used the scheme of miracle's narratives known in his time. But it does not me convince. We know that the accounts of Jesus' miracles in Gospel of John are of other literary form: they are developed and psychologically deep. Furthermore it is not truth that the narratives in Matt are schematic. With the help of detailed analysis of all Matthew's narratives of miracles I try to define the elements of these narratives. It turned out that there are twenty elements in these narratives – obviously not all in each of them. So it is hurt to speak of some scheme used by Matthew. I also have looked links or similarities between these narratives and the miracle narratives in the Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua. I have found such the links in 18 cases on 22. It is important that aforementioned similarities are found in the same order in Matt and in Pentateuch and Book of Joshua. It not be an coincidence. It should be affirmed that Matthew placed the miracle narratives in his Gospel in relation to the similar miracle's narratives in the Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua. It is linked to Moses and Joshua typology that characterizes all his Gospel. According to him Jesus is a new Moses a new Joshua and His miracles should be similar to the miracles of them, or should be fulfilled the prophecies of the miracles. The accounts of the miracles in Matt are sober because the evangelist wants the reader to concentrate on these elements that link the Gospel’s narrative to the narrative in the Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua. The narrative developed would blackout the typological sense of the miracle. Then the very reason of the soberness of Matthew's accounts is not literary genre but Moses and Joshua typology.