Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Abbreviations xvii
The Sermon on the Mount xxv
Introduction 1
Part I The Sermon on the Mount and the Gospel of Matthew
1 Rhetoric and Composition in Matthew 5
2 The New Covenant in Matthew 27
3 At What Elevation Is Jesus' Sermon on the Mount? 45
4 Imitatio Dei in the Sermon on the Mount 71
Part II The Sermon on the Mount
5 Jesus on the Mountain (5:1-2) 89
6 The Blessings (5:3-12) 93
7 Be Salt and Light in the World (5:13-16) 129
8 A Better Righteousness (5:17-20) 139
9 What about Anger? (5:21-26) 147
10 Beware of Lust (5:27-30) 155
11 What about Divorce? (5:31-32) 161
12 Better Not to Use Oaths (5:33-37) 171
13 How to Handle Insult (5:38-42) 175
14 Love Your Enemies (5:43-48) 181
15 Beware of Public Piety (6:1-18) 193
16 Where Your Treasure Is (6:19-21) 217
17 Single-Mindedness to God and Others (6:22-24) 223
18 Be Not Anxious about Your Life (6:25-34) 229
19 Beware of Making Judgments (7:1-5) 239
20 Give Not Away What is Holy (7:6) 243
21 Ask and It Will Be Given You (7:7-12) 249
22 Enter Through the Narrow Gate (7:13-14) 255
23 Beware of False Prophets (7:15-20) 263
24 Heating and Doing Is Everything (7:21-27) 271
25 And the Crowds Were Astonished (7:28-29) 275
Appendix: Jewish, Christian, and Classical Authors Cited 277
Bibliography 287
Index of Authors 309
Index of Scripture References 317
