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This book attempts a solution to the problems of the structure, Christology, and Kingdom-theology 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...

The salvation-historical dimension of Matthew’s concept of the Kingdom of Heaven is decidedly temporal in orientation, but not exclusively so. In an effort not to accentuate the temporal element overmuch, W. Trilling contends that Matthew’s statements concerning the Kingdom reveal that he works with the “static” category of “above and below” as well as with the “dynamic” category of “now and then.”39 What is correct about Trilling’s contention is
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