The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5‒7) is the best-known repository
of the teachings of Jesus and one of the most studied. Amid the
considerable erudition expended on the Sermon, however, Jack R.
Lundbom argues that it has proven too easy to deflect or disregard the
main thrust of the Sermon, which he characterizes as a mandate to holy
living and a “greater righteousness.” Through careful attention to
the structure of Matthew’s Gospel and the place of the Sermon within
it, keen sensitivity to the patterns and themes of Israelite prophecy,
and judicious comparisons with other Jewish and rabbinic literature,
Lundbom elucidates the meaning of the Sermon and its continuity with
Israel’s prophetic heritage as well as the best of Jewish teaching.
By deft appeal to Christian commentators on the Sermon, Lundbom brings
its most important themes to life for the contemporary reader, seeking
always to understand what the “greater righteousness” to which the
Sermon summons might mean for us today.
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9781451494228
Publisert
2016
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Fortress Press NBN
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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