Matthew: (A Cultural, Exegetical, Historical, & Theological Bible Commentary on the New Testament) (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)

✍ Scribed by Charles H. Talbert, Mikeal C. Parsons (editor), Charles Talbert (editor)

Publisher: Baker Academic
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 401
Edition: Illustrated
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

In this fresh commentary, the fourth of eighteen volumes in the Paideia series, a leading New Testament scholar examines cultural context and theological meaning in Matthew. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by
• Attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs
• Showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits
• Commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament book
• Focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the text
• Making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 3
Matthew 1:1–2:23 Birth Narratives 28
Matthew 3:1–8:1 Part 1: Jesus’s Ministry Begins 49
Matthew 3:1–4:17 Narrative 1: Jesus Begins to Fulfill All Righteousness 51
Matthew 4:18–8:1 Discourse 1: Jesus Calls Disciples to Seek God’s Righteousness 70
Matthew 8:2–11:1 Part 2: Jesus’s Authority Is Revealed 107
Matthew 8:2–9:34 Narrative 2: Jesus’s Authority Is Manifest in His Mission 109
Matthew 9:35–11:1 Discourse 2: Jesus’s Authority Enables Disciples’ Mission 128
Matthew 11:2–13:53 Part 3: Jesus’s Ministry Creates Division 141
Matthew 11:2–12:50 Narrative 3: Jesus Encounters a Divided Response 143
Matthew 13:1–53 Discourse 3: Jesus Reflects on the Divided Response 162
Matthew 13:54–19:2 Part 4: Jesus Focuses on His Disciples 177
Matthew 13:54–16:20 Narrative 4, Part 1: Jesus’s Disciples Understand More 179
Matthew 16:21–17:23 Narrative 4, Part 2: Jesus’s Disciples Understand Even More 201
Matthew 17:24–19:2 Discourse 4: Jesus Tells Disciples How to Relate to Insiders and Outsiders 214
Matthew 19:3–26:1a Part 5: Jesus and Judgment 229
Matthew 19:3–20:34 Narrative 5, Part 1: Jesus Teaches about Household Behavior 231
Matthew 21:1–24:2 Narrative 5, Part 2: Jesus Pronounces about Judgment in the Present 245
Matthew 24:3–26:1a Discourse 5: Jesus Teaches about Final Judgment 264
Matthew 26:1b–28:20 Passion and Resurrection Narrative 282
Bibliography 325
Subject Index 346
Index of Modern Authors 349
Index of Scripture and Ancient Sources 353

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