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Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present

Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present

by Dale C. Allison
Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present

Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present

by Dale C. Allison

Overview

The author of a leading major critical commentary on Matthew here offers further insights into the Gospel and the history of its interpretation. Writing with theological sensitivity and a deft literary touch, he presents thirteen essays—nine previously unpublished and four thoroughly revised—on key passages, on structural features of the Gospel, and on patristic and modern interpretation. Exegetes, preachers, students, and other lovers of biblical narrative will read Studies in Matthew with profit and delight.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801049132
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/15/2012
Pages: 282
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dale C. Allison Jr. (Ph.D., Duke University) is the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author (with W. D. Davies) of the three-volume work on Matthew in the International Critical Commentary series. His other works include Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet and The Intertextual Jesus.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Abbreviations 11

Part I The Exegetical Past

1 The Magi's Angel (Man. 2:2, 9-10) 17

2 Seeing God (Matt. 5:8) 43

3 Murder and Anger, Cain and Abel (Matt. 5:21-25) 65

4 Darkness at Noon (Matt. 27:45) 79

5 Touching Jesus' Feet (Matt. 28:9) 107

6 Reading Matthew through the Church Fathers 117

Part II Literary and Historical Studies

7 Structure, Biographical Impulse, and the Imitatio Christi 135

8 Matthew's First Two Words (Matt. 1:1) 157

9 Divorce, Celibacy, and Joseph (Matt. 1:18-25) 163

10 The Configuration of the Sermon on the Mount and Its Meaning 173

11 Foreshadowing the Passion 217

12 Deconstructing Matthew 237

13 Slaughtered Infants 251

Index of Names 265

Scripture Index 275

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