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Proclaiming Matthew’s interpretation O . of the Christ Event— W e O. Wesley Allen draws together the strengths of two exegetical approaches to the Gospel s l e of Matthew in this volume of the Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries series. Allen y A takes a broad thematic approach to the Gospel while at the same time giving exegetical l l e and homiletical insights about individual pericopes. This volume will help congregational n leaders develop exegetically informed cumulative preaching focused on but not limited J r . to the lections in Matthew. With liturgical sensitivity and analytical skill, Allen provides a unique preaching resource that will build biblical literacy by assisting both preachers and listeners in understanding Matthew’s Gospel as a whole, not just as a collection of vaguely related stories. Praise for Matthew: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries “O. Wesley Allen has given us a fine commentary on Matthew’s Gospel. Here is a robustly, unashamedly theological reading of the biblical text, all in service of Christian proclamation M today. Here is Matthew’s good news meant to be preached, performed, and practiced!” a William H. Willimon t Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry | Duke Divinity School t h “Allen helps the preacher to listen to both text and congregation, and to construct a sturdy e w bridge—with two-way traffic—binding each to the other.” M. Eugene Boring I. Wylie Briscoe Professor of New Testament Emeritus | Brite Divinity School O. Wesley Allen Jr. is associate professor of homiletics and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous books, including Determing the Form (Fortress Press, 2008), in the Elements of Preaching series, which he also edited, and editor of The Renewed Homiletic (Fortress Press, 2010). Religion/PReaching MATTHEW MATTHEW O. WESLEY ALLEN JR. Fortress Press Minneapolis MATTHEW Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries Copyright © 2013 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989bytheDivisionofChristianEducationoftheNationalCounciloftheChurchesof Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available Print ISBN: 978-0-8006-9871-3 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4514-2645-8 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. This book was produced using PressBooks.com, and PDF rendering was done by PrinceXML. For Howard Collins, Stewart Jackson, Rex Kaney, Bill Kincaid and Ron Luckey. Some of the best of those who have preached to me over the years. All of whom make me want to be a better preacher in the years to come. CONTeNTS Series Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Readings from Matthew in the Revised Common Lectionary in Order of the Liturgical Calendar, Year A xix Readings from Matthew in the Revised Common Lectionary in Order of Matthew’s Narrative xxiii All Passages in Matthew, including Those Not Used xxvii in the Revised Common Lectionary Introduction 1 1. Beginnings: From Bethlehem to Nazareth (1:1—4:11) 25 2. Capernaum-Based Ministry (4:12—18:35) 43 3. Traveling to Jerusalem (19:1—20:34) 189 4. Passion, Death, and Resurrection in and 203 around Jerusalem (21:1—28:15) 5. Beginning Again in Galilee (28:16-20) 277 Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading 283 Series Foreword A preacher who seeks to be creative, exegetically up to date, hermeneutically alert, theologically responsible, and in-touch with the moment is always on the hunt for fresh resources. Traditional books on preaching a book of the Bible often look at broad themes of the text with little explicit advice about preaching individual passages. Lectionary resources often offer exegetical and homiletical insights about a pericope with little attention given to broader themes and structures of the book from which the lection is taken. Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentaries provide the preacher with resources that draw together the strengths of these two approaches into a single text aid, useful for the moment of preparation halfway between full scale exegesis and a finished sermon. The authors of this series are biblical scholars who offer expositions of the text rooted in detailed study and expressed in straightforward, readable ways. The commentators take a practical approach by identifying (1) what the text invited people in the ancient world to believe about God and the world and (2) what the text encouraged people to do in response. Along the way, the interpreters make use of such things as historical and cultural reconstruction, literary and rhetorical analysis, word studies, and other methods that help us recoverhowatextwasintendedtofunctioninantiquity.Atthesametime,the commentariesofferhelpinmovingfromthentonow,fromwhatatextmeant (inthepast)towhatatextmeans(inthepresent),byhelpingaministeridentify issues, raise questions, and pose possibilities for preaching while stopping short of placing a complete sermon in the preacher’s hands. The preacher, then, shouldbeinapositiontosetinmotionaconversationwiththetext(andother voices from the past and present) to help the congregation figure out what we today can believe and do. The commentators in this series seek to help preachers and students make connections between the various lections from a given book throughout the lectionary cycle and liturgical year in their sermons and studies. Readers, preachers, and their parishioners will have a deeper appreciation of the book’s unique interpretation of the Christ event and how that influences their approach to living the Christian faith in today’s world. The most life-giving preaching is nearly always local in character with a minister rooted in a particular congregation, culture, and context encouraging listeners to think ix

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