Matthew's Community: The Evidence of his Special Sayings Material
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Matthew's Community: The Evidence of his Special Sayings Material
By (Author) Stephenson Brooks
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
29th January 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
226.206
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
478g
Description
In this careful study, the unparalleled sayings in Matthew (the 'M' sayings) are investigated as a source of evidence for a reconstruction of the history of the community in which the various traditions were preserved. Using a wide range of criteria, Dr Brooks isolates fourteen 'M' sayings from major concentrations of unparalleled material in Matt. 5.17-6.18 and chs. 10 and 23, supplementing these with four additional sayings. The picture of the traditions that emerges provides the basis for a new hypothesis that reconstructs a three-stage history of the Matthean community, thereby accounting for the presence of some mutually exclusive traditions in the Gospel.
