Matthew originally crafted this Gospel for a group of Christians who needed to become more familiar with the Old Testament. a) true
b) false

b) false

Explanation:

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the four disciples who told the story of Jesus in four different ways. Jewish Christian community was the primary audience of Matthew. There was constant debate among the Jewish Christian community and the Jewish community who didn't believed in Jesus. The Gospel written by Matthew begins with Jesus' genealogy. He portrayed Christ as the servant of God. His gospel included teachings that Jesus wanted the people to follow. They were divided and arranged into five discourses.

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.