Psalm 118 in the New Testament

Psalm 118 is one of the most quoted psalms in the
New Testament and perhaps even the most quoted Old
Testament chapter. But in the New Testament
literature, the same attention was not paid to the
occurrence of Psalm 118 in the New Testament. This
calls for closer investigation into the use and
interpretation of Psalm 118 in early Christianity.
As far as the study of the Psalm 118 quotations in
the New Testament is concerned, up to date, scholars
have mainly concentrated on a single book or, at
the most, on a few books in the New Testament. There
has been no survey of Psalm 118 citations in the New
Testament as a whole, which requires a comprehensive
examination of the Psalm 118 quotations and
allusions in the New Testament. Since Psalm 118 is
referred to in 11 books of the New Testament, it
would be not feasable to discuss each occurrence in
detail. Thus, this research is intended as a first
step to survey Psalm 118 references in the whole of
the New Testament.Attention will be focused on an
overall picture of the function of Psalm 118
quotations in the New Testament with a view of
investigating a possible underlying New Exodus Motif.