Insights into the Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 includes both some of Jesus' best-known and least-understood teachings. One of the best articles I've ever found for interpreting the Sermon is Glen H. Stassen's "Fourteen Triads of the Sermon on the Mount" (large .pdf file) from the 2003 Journal of Biblical Literature.
Dr. Stassen's insights into the structure of Jesus' teaching in Mt. 5:21-7:12 shed light on some of the Savior's hardest teachings, including those on anger, oaths, and non-retaliation. If you're planning to preach or teach from the Sermon, you really ought to be familiar with this article.
Update: If you have a slow connection, you might prefer this link to Dr. Stassen's article
Dr. Stassen's insights into the structure of Jesus' teaching in Mt. 5:21-7:12 shed light on some of the Savior's hardest teachings, including those on anger, oaths, and non-retaliation. If you're planning to preach or teach from the Sermon, you really ought to be familiar with this article.
Update: If you have a slow connection, you might prefer this link to Dr. Stassen's article
posted by Milton Stanley at 7:46 PM
2 Comments:
Davies and Allison's commentary is amazingly good at pulling out similar observations. It is kind of over the top in the amount of potential things they say could be behind the text. That can be really good if used wisely or really bad if not used responsibly.
D&A seem to have written the most referenced commentary on Mt. I haven't been able to find the first volume locally (it's checked out at the local university library) but I hope to have a look at it soon. Peace.
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