The work of one of the world’s foremost New Testament scholars, Ulrich Luz, this book gathers eighteen penetrating studies of Matthew’s Gospel, available here in English for the first time.
Luz’s groundbreaking work ranges widely over the critical issues of Matthean studies, including the narrative structure and sources of the Gospel and its presentation of such themes as christology, discipleship, miracles, and Israel. Several chapters also outline and demonstrate the hermeneutical methods underlying Luz’s acclaimed commentary on Matthew, for which this book can serve as a companion. Luz is particularly conscious of the Gospel’s reception history, a history of interpretation connecting us with the past that determines so many of our questions, categories, and values. Studies in Matthew thus constitutes a noteworthy contribution to biblical hermeneutics as well as to exegesis.
397 pages; dimensions (in inches): 6.25 x 9.25; 2005
Contents:
MATTHEW'S STORY
Matthew the Evangelist: A Jewish Christian at the Crossroads
The Gospel of Matthew: A New Story of Jesus, or a Rewritten One?
MATTHEW AND HIS TRADITION
Matthew and Q
Fictionality and Loyalty to Tradition in Matthew's Gospel in the Light of Greek Literature
CHRISTOLOGY
Matthean Christology Outlined in Theses
The Son of Man in Matthew: Heavenly Judge or Human Christ?
ECCLESIOLOGY
The Disciples in the Gospel according to Matthew
Discipleship: A Matthean Manifesto for a Dynamic Ecclesiology
The Primacy Saying of Matthew 16:17-19 from the Perspective of Its Effective History
ETHICS
The Fulfilment of the Law in Matthew (Matt. 5:17-20)
MIRACLES
The Miracle Stories of Matthew 8–9
MATTHEW AND ISRAEL
Anti-Judaism in the Gospel of Matthew as a Historical and Theological Problem: An Outline
HERMENEUTICS WITH MATTHEW IN MIND
Reflections on the Appropriate Interpretation of New Testament Texts
The Significance of the Church Fathers for Biblical Interpretation in Western Protestant Perspective
Can the Bible Still Be the Foundation for a Church Today?
The Task of Exegesis in a Society of Religious Pluralism
Canonical Exegesis and Hermeneutics of "Effective History"
Hermeneutics of "Effective History" and the Church
The Significance of Matthew's Jesus Story for Today
Reviews
Graham StantonEvery teacher and student of Matthew’s Gospel will want to read these lively essays by one of the most distinguished biblical scholars of our time. Ulrich Luz’s multivolume commentary on Matthew is one of the finest exegetical achievements of the twentieth century. These essays distill much of the wisdom of that great commentary, but they also develop further some of its most stimulating insights. Luz’s carefully nuanced and clearly expressed discussions of central Matthean themes and topics will be appreciated by a wide readership.
Dale C. Allison Jr.
Ulrich Luz is a master exegete. He is historically very well informed, hermeneutically sophisticated, and theologically interesting. I have no doubt that these essays, together with Luz’s commentary on Matthew, represent the future of Matthean studies.
ISBN: 9780802839640
Catalogue code: N/A
Publisher: WM B EERDMANS PUB CO - published 15/05/2005
Format: Paperback