A Critical And Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew Volume II

846 Pages·1991·80.294 MB·English

by  W. D. Davies, Dale C. Allison, Jr

The
INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL
COMMENTARY
on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and
New Testaments
GENERALEDITORS
J. A. EMERTON, F.B.A.
FellowofSt.John'5College
EmeritusRegiuxmessorofHebrewintheUniversilyofCambridge
HonoraryCanonofSt.George’xCathedral.Jerusalem
C. E. B. CRANFIELD, F.B.A.
Emerilu:ProfemorofTheologyintheUniversityofDurham
AND
G. N. STANTON
LadyMargaret'5
ProfessorofDivinityintheUniversityofCambridge
FORMERLYUNDERTHEEDITORSHIPOF
S. R. DRIVER
A. PLUMMER
C. A. BRIGGS

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
SAINT MATTHEW
VOLUME 11

A CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL
COMMENTARY
ON
THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO
SAINT MATTHEW
BY
W. D. DAVIES, F.B.A.
FellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences
EmeritusProfessorofChristianOrigins,DukeUniversity
AND
DALE C. ALLISON, Jr.
AssociateProfessorofNewTestamentandEarlyChristianity,
PittsburghTheologicalSeminary
INTHREEVOLUMES
VOLUME 11
CommentaryonMatthewVIH—XVHI
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PREFACE
The increasing attention now being paid to the Gospel
according to Matthew is in marked contrast to the comparative
neglect ofit when we began our study. Particularly noteworthy
is the recent appearance of commentaries by J. Gnilka, U.
Luz, D. Patte, and A. Sand. We have, much benefited from
these and other recent studies. The warm reception given to our
own volume I by reviewers and readers alike we here gratefully
acknowledge. We welcome any constructive comments or
correctionsoferrorsin theprinting.
As will be clear from our exegesis, the division of the text at
the end of chapter 7 is highly artificial and arbitrary. This we
emphasize. The Sermon on the Mount is retrospective: it is
inseparable from what precedes it in chapters 1—4. But it is also
prospective, equally inseparable from what follows it in chapters
8—28. The division ofour volumes between chapters 7 and 8 has
been required solely by the exigencies of printing. It does not
indicateacaesura.
Permission to print materials from publications by Harvard
University Press and Sheffield Academic Press is gratefully
acknowledged.
There remains only to recognize Mrs. Jean Bradford-
Armstrong of Midland, Texas. Like that of her family, her
generosity in establishing the Bradford Distinguished Chair in
Religious Studies at Texas Christian University made possible
thecontinuationofourwork.
W. D. Davies
DaleC. Allison,Jr.
December, 1989
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