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Augsburg Fortress Augsburg Fortress Matthew by Jack Dean Kingsbury
This book attempts a solution to the problems of the structure christology and Kingdomtheology of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. The author contends that the broad structure of the Gospel consists of three main parts: the person of Jesus Messiah the proclamation of Jesus Messiah and the suffering death and resurrection of Jesus Messiah.This understanding of the broad structure of Matthews Gospel opens the way to a proper understanding of his christology. That is for Matthew Jesus is first and foremost the Messiah the Son of God. Kingburys analysis of the texts in which Son of God appears and of the numerous other christological terms Matthew employs confirms this conclusion.Professor Kingbury demonstrates how Matthew develops both the structure and the primary theological concept of his Gospel The Kingdom of Heaven around the christological category of the Son of God. A rigorous conclusion reached is that the focus of the Gospel of Matthew is revealed more in his christology than in his ecclesiology.show more