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Introduction to Matthew

Dale C. Allison (PhD, Duke University)
Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament; Princeton Theological Seminary
Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present. Baker Academic, 2005.
Matthew: A Shorter Commentary, with W. D. Davies. T&T Clark, 2004.
The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination. Crossroad, 1999.
The New Moses: A Matthean Typology. Wipf & Stock, 1993.
The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History. T&T Clark, 2021
Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History. Baker Academic, 2010.
Matthew 1-2
Genealogy and Escape from Herod

Richard Hays (PhD, Emory University)
George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Duke Divinity School
Matthew 3-4
John the Baptist, Baptism,
Wilderness Tests

Professor of New Testament and Greek, Heritage Seminary
Matthew 5-7
The Sermon on the Mount

Professor of New Testament Interpretation; Southern Seminary
The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing. Baker Academic, 2017.
Reading the Gospels Wisely. Baker Academic, 2012.
Reading the New Testament as Christian Scripture, with Constantine Campbell. Baker Academic, 2020.
Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew. Baker Academic, 2009.
Jesus the Great Philosopher. Brazos, 2020.
Matthew 8-11
Miracles, Disciples Sent,
Responses to Jesus

Professor of New Testament; Bethel University
Matthew 12:1–14:12
Sabbath Disputes, Evil Spirits, Parables, John the Baptist

Assistant Professor of New Testament; Wheaton College
Matthew 14:13–17:27
Feeding the Crowds, Walking on Water, Peter’s Keys, the Transfiguration

Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology; Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Matthew 18:1–20:28
Debt, Forgiveness, Divorce, Wealth,
The Last will be First

Rev. John A. O’Brien Associate Professor of Theology; University of Notre Dame
Wages of Cross-Bearing and Debt of Sin: The Economy of Heaven in Matthew’s Gospel. De Grtuyter, 2013.
“Prison, Penance, or Purgatory: The Interpretation of Matthew 5.25-26 and Parallels,” New Testament Studies 64 (2018): 162-77.
Matthew 20:29–23:39
Entering Jerusalem, Parables, the Pharisees

Amy-Jill Levine (PhD, Duke University)
Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies; Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita, Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita; Vanderbilt University
Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. HarperCollins, 2015.
The Pharisees, ed. with Joseph Sievers. Eerdmans, 2021.
The Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner’s Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven. Abingdon, 2020.
The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. HarperCollins, 2006.
A Feminist Companion to Matthew, ed. with Marianne Blickenstaff. Sheffield Academic, 2001.
Jewish Annotated New Testament, ed. with Marc Zvi Brettler. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2017.
The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently, with Marc Zvi Brettler. HarperCollins, 2020.
Matthew 24-25
Coming of the Son of Man

Matthew 26-27
Trial and Crucifixion

Associate Professor of Theology; Loyola University Maryland
Matthew 28
Resurrection

Professor Emeritus, New Testament; Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
Archaeology and
the Gospels

Charles Jackson Granade and Elizabeth Donald Granade Professor of New Testament; Samford University
Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volumes 1 and 2. Fortress, 2014/2015.
Excavating the Land of Jesus: How Archaeologists Study the People of the Bible. Eerdmans, 2023.