The tenth and final volume in the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, brings together seven of Matthias Konradt's most important essays on the Gospel of Matthew. Together they highlight key themes of this major early Christian text and demonstrate its formative role in shaping both the identity and theology of the growing Christian movement. Matthias Konradt presents the main points of controversy in recent scholarship on the relationship of the Matthean community to Judaism, identifies the interpretive problems that underlie the disagreements, and deals with central aspects of Matthean Christology. The author works out his sophisticated understanding of Matthew's Torah hermeneutic, giving special attention to the interpretation of the antitheses in the Sermon on the Mount and to Matthew's reception and interpretation of the decalogue. Published in North America by Baylor University Press, Waco.

Born 1967; 1996 Dr. theol.; 1999 Ordination; 2002 Habilitation; currently Professor of New Testament at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg.