authors present largely convincing evidence that all four Gospels were intended from the beginning to address all Christians, not hermetically sealed sectarian communities. The implications are substantial. Finally, Scot McKnight and Matthew C. Williams have produced The Synoptic Gospels: An Annotated Bibliography, one of the IBR Bibliographies (/Baker 2000, $14.99 pb)—a mine of useful information. 3.2 Matthew About twenty-five years ago, the Gospel of Matthew did not have many recent, front-rank
Page 50