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Did Matthew Invent the Sermon on the Mount?
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Episode Outline:
— Introduction: Did Matthew invent the Sermon on the Mount?
— Why the Sermon on the Mount is so famous
— Is the Sermon really one coherent sermon?
— Could Matthew have known Jesus’ exact words?
— How historians evaluate sayings of Jesus
— The Beatitudes and Jesus’ apocalyptic message
— Key teachings beyond the Beatitudes and Lord’s Prayer
— Jesus, the Law of Moses, and the antitheses
— Matthew vs. Luke on Jesus’ ethical teachings
— Why Matthew presents Jesus as a new Moses
— Why Matthew gathers Jesus’ sayings into one sermon
Episode Description:
The Sermon on the Mount is probably one of the best-known speeches of Jesus, and if you’ve spent any time in a church service, then the odds are that you’ve heard at least part of it. It contains the beatitudes - “blessed are the meek” - the Lord’s Prayer, and a whole host of teachings that are held sacred by Christians the world over. But…did the writer of Matthew fabricate the whole thing? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about this amazing sermon, whether anything like it exists elsewhere in the New Testament, and whether Jesus is likely to have uttered a word of it.
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— Introduction: Did Matthew invent the Sermon on the Mount?
— Why the Sermon on the Mount is so famous
— Is the Sermon really one coherent sermon?
— Could Matthew have known Jesus’ exact words?
— How historians evaluate sayings of Jesus
— The Beatitudes and Jesus’ apocalyptic message
— Key teachings beyond the Beatitudes and Lord’s Prayer
— Jesus, the Law of Moses, and the antitheses
— Matthew vs. Luke on Jesus’ ethical teachings
— Why Matthew presents Jesus as a new Moses
— Why Matthew gathers Jesus’ sayings into one sermon
Episode Description:
The Sermon on the Mount is probably one of the best-known speeches of Jesus, and if you’ve spent any time in a church service, then the odds are that you’ve heard at least part of it. It contains the beatitudes - “blessed are the meek” - the Lord’s Prayer, and a whole host of teachings that are held sacred by Christians the world over. But…did the writer of Matthew fabricate the whole thing? Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about this amazing sermon, whether anything like it exists elsewhere in the New Testament, and whether Jesus is likely to have uttered a word of it.
Also watch these episodes:
Love Thy Stranger: The Radical Origins of Western Compassion
Love Thy Stranger: The Radical Origins of Western Compassion
What Are the Synoptic Gospels?
What Are the Synoptic Gospels?
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