An Exegetical Summary of The Sermon on the Mount, Second Edition

by David Abernathy; Thomas Tehan

Publisher:

SIL International

, 2008

Overview

How can the task of biblical exegesis be fruitful and meaningful when commentaries and lexicons provide contradictory interpretations and seem to support opposing translations? The Exegetical Summaries Series asks important exegetical and interpretive questions—phrase-by-phrase—and summarizes and organizes the content from every major Bible commentary and dozens of lexicons. You can instantly identify exegetical challenges, discover a text’s interpretive history, and survey the scope of everything written about each verse and phrase. Take your exegesis to the next level with the Logos edition of An Exegetical Summary of The Sermon on the Mount.

Key Features

• Summarizes content from every major Bible commentary
• Analyzes phrase-by-phrase

Contents

Top Highlights

“If Jesus’ followers have no ‘salty’ influence, they have no future in the kingdom of heaven.” (Page 30)

“This paragraph presents a paradox: the world is saved by those it persecutes” (Page 28)

“As salt prevents food from spoiling, so the disciples are to prevent the corruption of morals” (Page 28)

“Fulfill means to do all those things prophesied about the Messiah in the OT” (Page 41)

“The presence of the disciples delays the corruption of the world and its consequent judgment [ICC].” (Page 29)

Praise for the Print Edition

This series offers endless exegetical assistance…summarizing the major exegetical issues in interpretation… [It includes] comprehensive analysis of the raw data of the text.

—Online reviewer

Product Details

• Title: An Exegetical Summary of The Sermon on the Mount, Second Edition
• Authors: David Abernathy, Thomas Tehan
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Exegetical Summaries
• Publisher: SIL International
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2009
• Pages: 196
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Sermon on the Mount › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Sermon on the Mount › Translating; Bible. N.T. Matthew 5-7:29 › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:EXGSUMSRMNMT
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-27T08:33:58Z

About the Authors

Thomas Tehan is a linguist for SIL International.

David Abernathy is the author of three books in the Exegetical Summary Series: Romans 1–8, 2 Corinthians, 1 Peter, and coauthored Sermon on the Mount. He has earned a Master of Theology from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2003. He teaches Greek, Hebrew, and Biblical Exegesis at the Pan Africa Christian College in Kenya.