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This volume is a monumental study of the preaching of Jesus according to the synoptics. It is a veritable treasure house of informative and stimulating exegesis, treating large segments of the synoptic texts. Special mention may be made, by way of illustration, of the illuminating and helpful discussion of the parables and of the apocalyptic discourse of Mark 13.

This fact is predominant in the New Testament revelation of salvation. This brings us to the point at which Jesus’ preaching displays a fundamentally different modality from all that had been prophesied and expected of the kingdom of heaven before him. This difference is also to be found between Jesus’ preaching and that of John the Baptist’s. It is true, Jesus repeats John’s words: “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” which, as we have seen, does not yet mean that the kingdom is present. But there
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