Reading Matthew for the First Time

by Wilfrid J. Harrington

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2014

Overview

In this brief yet insightful blueprint for reading and appreciating the Gospel of Matthew, noted biblical scholar Wilfrid J. Harrington emphasizes two main points. He first provides a road map through the Gospel by describing its structure. Second, he explains Matthew’s focus on Jesus’ teaching as the Messiah, teaching that appears gathered in five major discourses throughout the Gospel. Reading Matthew for the First Time is an indispensable guide to Matthew, written for a general audience.

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Key Features

• Provides a road map for reading and appreciating the Gospel of Matthew
• Examines Jesus’ teaching as the Messiah
• Presents the insights of a noted Dominican biblical scholar

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Birth of the Christ
• Sermon on the Mount
• Mission Sermon
• Sermon in Parables
• Sermon on the Church
• Toward the Passion
• Judgment Sermon
• The Passion, Death, and Resurrection

Top Highlights

“Incurable hurt; no healing available—I will restore health, I will heal! God can do; God will do, what is humanly impossible. He acts in virtue of his infinite love.” (Page 28)

Product Details

• Title: Reading Matthew for the First Time
• Author: Wilfrid J. Harrington
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 160
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Matthew › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9780809148530, 9781587683275, 0809148536, 158768327X
• Resource ID: LLS:RDNGMTTHWFRSTTM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:45:00Z

About Wilfrid J. Harrington

Wilfrid J. Harrington, OP, currently lectures at the Priory Institute and at the Church of Ireland Theological College, both in Dublin. An Irish Dominican and professor emeritus of the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Dublin, he earned degrees in theology at the University of St. Thomas, Rome, and in biblical studies at the Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem. Fr. Harrington s teaching and writing career spans more than half a century. He has published a number of books and articles in the biblical field, including Jesus Our Brother