Loading...Now that I’ve devoted two posts to the major sine qua non of Matthew’s Gospel – one that lays out its major themes and emphases, the other that deals with who wrote it, when, and why, I can provide a bibliography of important works, written by scholars for non-scholars. You may find one or more of these useful if you choose to to explore Matthew’s Gospel further. I have given brief annotations for each book to give you a sense of what it’s about and so help you decide which, if any, might be worth your while.
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The Gospel of Matthew: For Further Reading
January 19, 2025
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One of my biggest difficulties when i want to study and learn more about Christianity: finding the right material written by competent people. I really appreciate this bibliography idea you had Professor! I am somebody who up until last year didn’t even know that there were scholars of the Bible! With your writings and suggestions an entire new world of learning opportunities has opened up to me, thanks a lot
Ditto for me as well. Approximately 12 years ago I read Bart’s book Forged, it opened my eyes and explained a lot, especially first Corinthians. But also it taught me the importance of historical facts of the time.
Who would have thought there’s a bible scholar named Luz Ulrich! An uncanny match to the Danish legendary drummer of Metallica, Lars Ulrich!
40 years ago, at a Monastic high school: I learned that Matthew portrayed Jesus as King; Mark as Man; Luke as Son of man; & John as Son of God.
What is the Son of man?
how is a high school student supposed to understand that Jesus was no slave!
Yeah, I guess it’s a nice way to differentiate the Gospels, but I’m not sure what it all means.
Hi Bart
Just wondering out of all those books above, which one most clearly analyses the differences between Mark and Matthew. Particularly considering Matthew probably has a copy of Mark on his desk as he writes his gospel so every addition/omission/alteration tells us something.
Ideally a book that is in layman’s terms.
Thanks
None of them is devoted just to that, and off hand I can’t thin kof a book that does. But it is the focus of my approach to Matthew in my textbook The New Testament: A Historical Introduction. Outside of that you might start with John Carroll’s book.