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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew, Volume 1 is unavailable, but you can change that!

For over one hundred years, the International Critical Commentary series has held a special place among works on the Bible. It has sought to bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis—linguistic and textual no less than archaeological, historical, literary and theological—with a level of comprehension and quality of scholarship unmatched by any other series. No attempt has been made to...

Jas 4:8).42 But in addition compare Gen. 20:5–6 (where ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ appears); also Isa. 61:1; T. Naph. 3:1 (ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ); T. Jos. 4:6 (ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ); 1 Tim 1:5; 2 Tim 2:22; and Heb 10:22. In the biblical tradition, the heart (= lēb, lēbāb) is the real or true self, the psyche at its deepest level; it is the seat of emotions (Deut. 28:47; Prov 27:11; Isa 35:4; Acts 14:17), volition (Prov 6:18; Jer 3:17; 23:20; Dan 1:8), and the intellect (Gen 27:41; Judg 5:16; T. Gad.
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