This book thoroughly examines Matthew's gospel. It discusses appropriate methods for interpretation and considers in detail the gospel's origin, purpose, and social setting. Graham Stanton claims that Matthew wrote the Gospel following a period of prolonged bitter disputes with fellow Jews. With considerable literary, catechetical, and pastoral skill the evangelist composed a gospel for a new people (both Jews and Gentiles) in a cluster of Christian communities. Dividing his book into three sections, Stanton discusses redaction critical, literary critical, and social scientific approaches to the interpretation of Matthew; he confirms that Matthew's Gospel was shaped by the "parting of the ways" with Judaism; and he includes two essays on the Sermon on the Mount and one on Matthew's use of the Old Testament.
- ISBN10 0567292398
- ISBN13 9780567292391
- Publish Date 1 December 1992 (first published 31 March 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 440
- Language English