Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Matthew

by John Yueh-Han Yieh

Publisher:

Morehouse Publishing

, 2012

Overview

Enter the narrative world and historical context of Matthew’s Gospel to encounter Jesus Christ in his mighty works and words. Focusing on particular social and theological issues, such as eschatology and Jewish-Christian conflict, John Yieh shows how Matthew used Jesus’ stories and teachings to instruct and sustain his racially mixed church to meet the severe challenges posed by Pharisaic opposition, Roman suspicion, and intramural tension. Echoed in the challenges faced by the Church today, Yieh encourages the study of Matthew’s Gospel as a way for the Church to articulate its faith and identity, to bear strong witness and unity, and to carry out its missions to baptize and teach the world.

Product Details

• Title: Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Matthew
• Author: John Yueh-Han Yieh
• Series: Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Study Series
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Matthew › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9780819224200, 0819224200
• Resource ID: LLS:CONVSCRMATTHEW
• Resource Type: text.monograph.bible-study
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:58:33Z

About John Yueh-Han Yieh

The Rev. John Y.H. Yieh joined the VTS faculty in 1995. He is currently Professor of New Testament. He completed his Ph.D. in Religious Studies (specializing in New Testament Studies) at Yale University where his study focused on the social function of Jesus as the One Teacher in the Gospel of Matthew. Prior to that he received the M.A. and the M. Phil. In Religious Studies from Yale University, the M.Div. from Taiwan Theological Seminary, the M.A. in English Literature from Fu-Zen Catholic University and the B. A. in Foreign Languages from Tunghai University. Before joining the faculty at VTS, Dr. Yieh served on the faculties at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine and Andover Newton Theological School in Boston. Dr. Yieh is author of Concise Greek-Chinese Dictionary of the New Testament (United Bible Societies, 1989), One Teacher – Jesus’ Teaching Role in Matthew’s Gospel Report (de Gruyter, 2004), and Making Sense of the Sermon on the Mount (Grove, 2007). He has also published several essays on the history of Chinese Biblical interpretation. He has served on the steering committees for the “Bible in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean group and the Asian and Asian-American Biblical Hermeneutics’ group in the Society of Biblical Literature. He has also serve as President of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the SBL. Dr. Yieh is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is from Taiwan originally. He is married to Su Yieh and has one daughter, Janet.