Matthew

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Liturgical Press, 1980 - Religion - 377 pages
"John Meier is widely recognized as an authority, and one welcomes his commentary . . .Meier's book is especially rich in showing how Matthew reinterprets the Gospel in the context of his own church and its problems."
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Contents

THE SON BEGINS TO PROCLAIM THE KINGDOM
19
The Sermon on the Mount
34
BOOK
77
The Mission Past and Future
102
Jesus Disputes With Israel
119
Jesus Withdraws From Israel
141
BOOK FOUR
155
Jesus Leads His Disciples to
213
The Last Judgment
276
From Wednesday to Thursday Night
309
From Friday Morning to Saturday
336
From Sunday to the End of the Age
359
Suggested Reading List for Matthew
375
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About the author (1980)

Fr. John P. Meier, S.T.D., (1942-2022), was the W.K. Warren IV Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, has written five books on the Gospel of Matthew and more than fifty journal articles. His books include The Mission of Christ and His Church: Studies in Christology and Ecclesiology (Glazier, Liturgical Press, 1990). The Vision of Matthew: Christ, Church, and Morality in the First Gospel (Crossroad, 1991), and A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (Doubleday.1991).