Matthew hardback
This book brings the gospel story to life - making the reader feel, as though present with Jesus, one of his disciples. Its novella-style approach blends the findings of recent historical research with the gospel accounts to show how the socio-economic circumstances of Herod Antipas' Galilee shaped Jesus' career. As various witnesses of Jesus' ministry narrate their individual experiences, providing a multi-faceted picture of the historical Jesus, the tension mounts, culminating in the often misunderstood Story of the Tenants, which sealed Jesus' fate. Interspersed humour and pathos add entertainment value and remind us that the gospel represents not simply divine intervention in human society, but God himself taking human form. Comprehensive endnotes and a bibliography allow readers to reference the author's historical sources and the reasoning underlying passages involving conjecture.
Roger Amos is an Associate Research Fellow of Spurgeon’s College, London, where
he originally trained for the Baptist ministry gaining a University of London BD.
Retiring in 2008 after pastorates in Kent and the English Midlands, in 2012 he
completed the MA in Aspects of Biblical Interpretation (by Distance Learning) from
the London School of Theology.
His theological publications include Hypocrites or Heroes? The Paradoxical
Portrayal of the Pharisees in the New Testament (2015), What Was Jesus Hoping to
Achieve? (2021), The Carpenter’s Tools (2022) and Matthew - A Commentary.
Corrections
In a work as long and complex as this it is inevitable that some errors reach the printed page. The following is a list of those we have identified and we apologise for them. If you spot any others, please let us know.
p21, line 6: ‘That magi should make undertake such …’ Delete ‘make’
p123, last line: ‘to claim that this is the clearest.’ Insert ‘is’
p151, verse 13: ‘And do not bring is into testing.’ ‘us’ replaces ‘is.’
p155, line 9: ‘effort was applies to the process.’ ‘applied’ replaces ‘applies.’
p155, 5th line from bottom: ‘theatrical masks so that the actor might…’ Insert ‘the’
p162, first para of embedded article on ‘Name,’ penultimate line: ‘Being;’ close quote should precede semicolon, thus: ‘Being’;
p338, 8th line from bottom: ‘were these others. the Twelve…’ full stop should be a comma.
P356, para 3, line 6: ‘infer from this that ‘speaking against the Holy Spirit’ is necessarily … Highlighted passage should be enclosed in double quites, not single.
p385, bottom and 4th-from-bottom lines: ‘by the wayside’ should read ‘along the path’ in both lines.
p412, line 6: ‘from 4bc until 39bce’ should read ‘from 4bce until 39ce’
p417, line 4: ‘About the Herod’s’; Delete ‘the’
p420, penultimate line: ‘Nature. But’ should read ‘Nature, but’
p467, third para, line 7: ‘that Jesus expected some of his those listening to him…’ Delete ‘his’
p481, first line of bottom paragraph: ‘the Romans did continued the …’ Delete the final letter of ‘continued’
p542, line 6: ‘of the Jesus’ entry spread’ Delete ‘the’
p563, penultimate line of embedded article: ‘recognised it as a significant episode …’ Delete ‘it’
P672, second para, lines 8-9: ‘conspired as to how they might seize Jesus secretly and kill him. This would have to be done in some stealthy manner (δόλῳ) because …’ Amend to read as follows: ‘conspired as to how they might seize Jesus in some stealthy manner (δόλῳ) and kill him. This would have to be done secretly because …’
p718 (paperback edition only), 9th line from bottom of page: ‘it suited t…he Sanhedrin’s’ Delete ellipsis
p771, last line: will not pass away’ (24:35) Delete ‘ pass away’