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This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general...

the story at the outset, and remain of decisive significance throughout the Gospel. The hypothesis that the story rests on a pre-Christian legend, refashioned to apply to Jesus (H. Gressmann*), has been sufficiently criticised by Bultmann, 323–325, and Machen, 348–358. Recent study tends to regard the narrative as a creation on the analogy of the story of the birth of John (P. Winter; see 1:5–2:52 note) or as an independent Christian legend. (Those who take these views allow that pre-Christian
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