Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)2016-08-042016-08-042016-06-28Van Aarde, A.G., 2016, ‘Ensiklopedie van die Evangelie van Matteus: Transtekstuele eggo’s, In die Skriflig 50(2), a1951. http:// dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/ids.v50i2.1951.1018-644110.4102/ids.v50i2.1951http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56190Hierdie artikel is een van twee. In die tweede artikel word aan ‘kontekstuele eggo’s’ aandag gegee. Die twee artikels is verwerkings van ’n voordrag gelewer tydens die Wim Weren-konferensie by die Universiteit van Pretoria op 28–29 Januarie 2015.This article argues that the Gospel of Matthew should be interpreted as a commentary on Mark in light of Derrida’s notion ‘difference’, Barthes’ understanding of ‘fictional encyclopaedia’ en Gennette’s ‘transtextuality’. However, seeing Matthew as a commentary of Mark (i.e. a text that replaces another) does not exclude the consideration of various other encyclopaedic facets which are transparent in Matthew’s surface structure. This article consists of an explanation of the literary-theoretical concept fictional encyclopaedia and applies this intertextual notion on a variety of aspects in existing Matthean studies. These aspects are, for example, Matthew’s narrative structure, the Matthean Jesus profile as a ‘Mosaic Joshua’ figure and the Jesus’ disciples as potential collaborators of Jesus’ antagonists, namely the Pharisees. This article demonstrates the correlation between Matthew’s beginning (Jesus’ genealogy) and its end (Jesus’ commission of the disciples) against the background of transtextual echoes.Afrikaans© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.Gospel of MatthewMarkFictional encyclopaediaMatthean studiesTheology articles SDG-04SDG-04: Quality educationTheology articles SDG-10SDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesTheology articles SDG-16SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsArticle