The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew [Paperback]

This book, first published in 1995, introduces, retells and analyses the Gospel of Matthew.Matthew's Gospel is the most significant Jewish-Christian document of the New Testament. Outlining its story, this study emphasizes such focal points as the Sermon on the Mount, the miracles, the renunciation of possessions, and particularly, the theology of judgment by works.Matthew's Gospel is the most significant Jewish-Christian document of the New Testament. Outlining its story, this study emphasizes such focal points as the Sermon on the Mount, the miracles, the renunciation of possessions, and particularly, the theology of judgment by works.Matthew's Gospel is the most significant Jewish-Christian document of the New Testament. Ulrich Luz both outlines and elucidates the story told in the Gospel, emphasizing its focal points: the Sermon on the Mount, the miracles, the renunciation of possessions, and particularly the theology of judgment by works, an idea that represents both a challenge, in its quest for a church set apart from non-Christians by deeds alone, and a burden, through its traumatic origin in the breach between Matthew's community and the Israelite majority.1. The Book; 2. The Prologue (Matthew 1:1-4:22); 3. The discourse on the Mount (Matthew 5-7); 4. The ministry of the Messiah and his disciples in Israel (Matthew 8:1-11:30); 5. The origins of the community of disciples in Israel (Matthew 12:1-16:20); 6. The life of the community of disciples (Matthew 16:21-20:34); 7. The final reckoning with Israel and the judgement of the community (Matthew 21:1-25:46); 8. Passion and Easter (Matthew 26-28); 9. Concluding thoughts. With this volume in the New Testament Theology series, Ulrich Luz makes another significant contribution to Matthean studies....Luz's fine study...provides an insightful, informed, and stimulating discussion of Matthew's Gospel. But his approach also raises important questions about how current narrative or audience-oriented work might contriblC5