The Gospel of Matthew and Judaic Traditions : A Relevance-based Commentary
Leiden: Brill, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii, 794pp. Indices and bibliography (pages 723-743). Pictorial purple and gray boards, spine lettered in black & white. A fine, as new copy.
The Brill reference library of Judaism, volume 46.
In The Gospel of Matthew and Judaic Traditions , Herbert W. Basser, with the editorial help of Marsha Cohen, utilizes his encyclopaedic knowledge of Judaism to navigate Matthew's Gospel. This close, original reading explicates Matthew's use of Jewish concepts and legal traditions that have not been fully understood in the past. Basser highlights Gospel sources that are congruent with a wide swath of extant Jewish writings from various provenances. Matthew affirms Jesus' end-of-days, the coming of the Kingdom's salvation message: initially meant for Jews, it is the Gentiles who embraced his message and teachings that encouraged their faith and simple trust. Matthew's literary art manages to preserve the Jewish details in his sources while disclosing an anti-Jewish and pro-Gentile bias.
Note: "My 2009 book, The Mind behind the Gospels: a Commentary to Matthew 1-14, covered the first half of the Gospel ... I decided to revise that book and integrate it into this one, a commentary on all twenty-eight chapters of Matthew's Gospel."-- (Author's Preface)
Contents: Preface; Co-Author's Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; General Introduction; Chapter 1; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 2; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 3; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 4; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 5; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 6; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 7; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 8; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 9; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 10; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 11; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 12; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 13; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 14.; Introduction Commentary; Chapter 15; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 16; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 17; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 18; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 19; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 20; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 21; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 22; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 23; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 24; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 25; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 26; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 27; Introduction; Commentary; Chapter 28; Introduction; Commentary; Works Cited; Primary Jewish Sources.; Index of Modern Authors Biblical and Post-Biblical Sources; Index Entries by Subject. Fine. Item #51645
ISBN: 9789004291799
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