perceives the aspects of his or her culture that are being activated through the words of the Sermon. Just describing the context of the Second Temple period with its Greco-Roman flavor would be beneficial and provide insight at various points into the Sermon’s workings. But what is most striking and relevant is this: These two contexts overlap conceptually in a very significant way in that both are addressing the great topic of wholeness and human flourishing. That is, there is a thick nexus, or