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Theology of the Gospel of Matthew, The
Overview: The Series set out to provide a programmatic survey of the individual writings of the New Testament. It aims to remedy the deficiency of available published material which concentrates on the New Testament writer's theological concerns. New Testament specialists here write at greater length than is usually possible in the introductions to commentaries or as part of other New Testament theologies, and explore the theological themes and issues of their chosen books without being tied to a commentary format, or to a thematic structure provided from elsewhere. When complete, the series will cover all the New Testament writings, and will thus provide an attractive, and timely, range of texts around which courses can be developed. Matthew's Gospel is the most significant Jewish Christian document of the New Testament. For Matthew, the story of Jesus is in underlying tale of his own community, from its initial convocation by the living Jesus to its espousal of the Gentile mission following Israel's rejection. Matthew's Jesus story is as deeply rooted in his community as is the Pentateuch in Israel - hence the profoundly Jewish basis of his theology. The author both outlines and elucidates the contents and structure of Matthew's narrative, emphasizing its focal points: the Sermon of thge Mount, the miracles, the parables, the renunciation of possessions, the Eschaton. Particular attention is drawn to Matthew's theology of judgement by works, an idea at once challenging and burdensome to Christians today and a direct outgrowth of the traumatic cleavage between the Matthean community and the Israelite majority.
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