Studies in Matthew

by Luz, Ulrich

• ISBN13: 9780802839640
• ISBN10: 0802839649
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

"The work of one of the world's foremost New Testament scholars, Ulrich Luz, this book gathers eighteen studies of Matthew's Gospel, available here in English for the first time." "Luz's 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 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Ulrich Luz is professor emeritus of New Testament at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
MATTHEW'S STORY
1. Matthew the Evangelist: A Jewish Christian at the Crossroads	3	(15)
2. The Gospel of Matthew: A New Story of Jesus, or a Rewritten One?	18	(21)
MATTHEW AND HIS TRADITION
3. Matthew and Q	39	(15)
4. Fictionality and Loyalty to Tradition in Matthew's Gospel in the Light of Greek Literature	54	(29)
CHRISTOLOGY
5. Matthean Christology Outlined in Theses	83	(14)
6. The Son of Man in Matthew: Heavenly Judge or Human Christ?	97	(18)
ECCLESIOLOGY
7. The Disciples in the Gospel according to Matthew	115	(28)
8. Discipleship: A Matthean Manifesto for a Dynamic Ecclesiology	143	(22)
9. The Primacy Saying of Matthew 16:17-19 from the Perspective of Its Effective History	165
ETHICS
10. The Fulfilment of the Law in Matthew (Matt. 5:17-20)	185	(36)
MIRACLES
11. The Miracle Stories of Matthew 8-9	221	(22)
MATTHEW AND ISRAEL
12. Anti-Judaism in the Gospel of Matthew as a Historical and Theological Problem: An Outline	243	(22)
HERMENEUTICS WITH MATTHEW IN MIND
13. Reflections on the Appropriate Interpretation of New Testament Texts	265	(25)
14. The Significance of the Church Fathers for Biblical Interpretation in Western Protestant Perspective	290	(23)
15. Can the Bible Still Be the Foundation for a Church Today? The Task of Exegesis in a Society of Religious Pluralism	313	(20)
16. Canonical Exegesis and Hermeneutics of "Effective History"	333	(16)
17. Hermeneutics of "Effective History" and the Church	349	(21)
18. The Significance of Matthew's Jesus Story for Today	370	(10)
Index of Names and Subjects	380	(3)
Selective Index of Biblical References	383