"A refreshing feature of this kind of commentary is that comment is disciplined and shaped in relation to what is significant for Christian faith. In a relatively small book, there is substantial discussion of a whole host of issues that are of profound importance to Christians. . . . The commentary is the work of one capable of acute observation and profound thought. At his best Hauerwas shows some real sensitivity to Matthew's story-telling technique. . . . There is certainly much to challenge and inspire Christian readers."  
\--__John Nolland__, Review of Biblical Literature    
"\[Hauerwas\] continually draws Matthean motifs together with similar features in the rest of the Bible and shows where subsequent generations found the basis for their doctrinal reasoning. . . . This commentary serves readers admirably by connecting the points that lie between the first and twenty-first centuries and by reminding readers that Matthew's Gospel has played a deep, broad role in centuries of theological reflection."  
\--__A. K. M. Adam__, Christian Century "In this work, all of Hauerwas's strengths--his Christocentrism, his theological passion, his rigorous and demanding love for the gathered church--are amplified through the words of the evangelist to serve as a resource for preaching and teaching in the church. I for one am much more likely to turn here than to any more typically modern commentary for help in preaching."  
\--__Jason Byassee__, Books &amp; Culture "Hauerwas attends to the Gospel chapter by chapter, teasing out theological themes while resisting the temptation to create a systematic Christology. He draws on theologians like Barth, Augustine, Origen, and especially Bonhoeffer, whom he quotes and paraphrases often, as well as New Testament scholars and eclectic writers like Wendell Berry. Insightful and provocative, Hauerwas adds a valuable theological perspective to the Gospel of Matthew."  
\--Publishers Weekly   
"The value of the commentary is its bringing Matthew into unity with the rest of the biblical witness to the Gospel as that witness has been expounded by the church. The soundness of the commentary lies in Hauerwas's own theology having been honed by the church. . . . This Brazos series can play an important role in reminding one of the community's indispensable role in understanding the Bible, and Hauerwas's contribution to the series is a formidable one indeed!"  
\--__Gene L. Davenport__, Catholic Biblical Quarterly

__Stanley Hauerwas__ (PhD, Yale University) is professor emeritus of divinity and law at Duke University. His previous books include Cross-Shattered Christ, Performing the Faith, The Peaceable Kingdom, With the Grain of the Universe, A Better Hope, and Christian Existence Today.

This commentary brings the stimulating insights of world-renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas to the first Gospel. This volume, like each in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible, is designed to serve the church--through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth--and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.

This commentary brings the stimulating insights of a world-renowned theologian to the first Gospel.

Hauerwas, Stanley

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Series Preface

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Matthew 1: In the Beginning

Matthew 2: Terror and Escape

Matthew 3: The Baptist

Matthew 4: Ministry

Matthew 5: The Sermon

Matthew 6: Practicing Prayer

Matthew 7: The Way of the Church

Matthew 8–9: The Power of the Kingdom

Matthew 10: The Sending

Matthew 11–12: “Are You the One to Come?”

Matthew 13: The Parable of the Kingdom

Matthew 14–15: John’s Death, Jesus’s Miracles, and Controversies

Matthew 16: “You Are the Messiah”

Matthew 17: The Transfiguration

Matthew 18: The Church

Matthew 19–20: Marriage, Wealth, and Power

Matthew 21–22: Jerusalem and the Temple

Matthew 23: Jesus on the Attack

Matthew 24–25: Enduring

Matthew 26: Betrayal and Arrest

Matthew 27: Crucifixion

Matthew 28: Resurrection

Bibliography

Subject Index

Scripture Index

Notes

Back Cover

Matthewis the third volume in the forty-volume Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible. This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve the church--through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth--and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.

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