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Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: Mandating a Better Righteousness
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xvii-xxiv
- The Sermon on the Mount
- pp. xxv-xxxiii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-2
- Part I - The Sermon on the Mount and the Gospel of Matthew
- 2. The New Covenant in Matthew
- pp. 27-44
- Part II - The Sermon on the Mount
- 5. Jesus on the Mountain (5:1-2)
- pp. 89-92
- 6. The Blessings (5:3-12)
- pp. 93-128
- 7. Be Salt and Light in the World (5:13-16)
- pp. 129-138
- 8. A Better Righteousness (5:17-20)
- pp. 139-146
- 9. What about Anger? (5:21-26)
- pp. 147-154
- 10. Beware of Lust (5:27-30)
- pp. 155-160
- 11. What about Divorce? (5:31-32)
- pp. 161-170
- 12. Better Not to Use Oaths (5:33-37)
- pp. 171-174
- 13. How to Handle Insult (5:38-42)
- pp. 175-180
- 14. Love Your Enemies (5:43-48)
- pp. 181-192
- 15. Beware of Public Piety (6:1-18)
- pp. 193-216
- 16. Where Your Treasure Is (6:19-21)
- pp. 217-222
- 18. Be Not Anxious about Your Life (6:25-34)
- pp. 229-238
- 19. Beware of Making Judgments (7:1-5)
- pp. 239-242
- 20. Give Not Away What is Holy (7:6)
- pp. 243-248
- 21. Ask and It Will Be Given You (7:7-12)
- pp. 249-254
- 22. Enter Through the Narrow Gate (7:13-14)
- pp. 255-262
- 23. Beware of False Prophets (7:15-20)
- pp. 263-270
- 25. And the Crowds Were Astonished (7:28-29)
- pp. 275-276
- Bibliography
- pp. 287-308
- Index of Authors
- pp. 309-316
- Index of Scripture References
- pp. 317-342
Additional Information
ISBN
9781451494228
MARC Record
OCLC
904033571
Pages
341
Launched on MUSE
2015-02-25
Language
English
Open Access
No