In this famous pericope, two traditional sayings, a thanksgiving from Q and an invitation from M, have been amalgamated. By uncovering the associations and origins of the distinctive language here,…
In this verse-by-verse commentary, Robert Gundry offers a fresh, literal translation and a reliable exposition of Scripture for today's readers. The Gospel of Matthew highlights Jesus' messiahship …
Who is Jesus? Why should we worship him? This book answers those questions by surveying Matthew s primary theological themes and how they interconnect with the rest of the Bible. Quarles focuses on…
The opening verses of the best-known of all Christ's sermons were handled by many Puritans for the Beatitudes gave fill scope to the combination of sound doctrine, practical wisdom and heart-search…
Manson begins by identifying four primary motives for the collecting of Jesus' saying in the gospels: first, the pastoral care of young churches which grew out of missionary efforts; second, the di…
Full of sensitive pastoral advice and shot through with arresting and illuminating theological insights, Rowan Williams' new book explores the meaning and practice of four essential components of t…
The author both draw the reader into Matthew's narrative of Jesus ' death and resurrection and brings Matthew's Jesus out of the text into the reader's world. The rogorous analysis of alternating a…