The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew

by Ulrich Luz

Book Overview

Matthew's Gospel is the most significant Jewish-Christian document of the New Testament. For Matthew, the story of Jesus is the underlying tale of his own community, summoned from Israel by the living Jesus and now, following Israel's rejection, sent to the Gentiles. Matthew's Jesus story bears much the same relation to the Matthean community as does the Pentateuch to Israel, hence the profoundly Jewish basis of his theology. This book, first published...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521435765
• ISBN13: 9780521435765
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"