Matthew's Community

The Evidence of his Special Sayings Material

• Author(s): Stephenson Brooks,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 1474236316
  ISBN_13: 9781474236317
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General , Religion / Biblical Studies / General ,

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.