The Spirituality of Faith in the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter in Matthew and Mark Across Perspectives)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Excerpt: "In this essay, I wish to pay respect to Dr. Barton's important contribution to the theological study of the Gospels by looking at the Gospel of Matthew with a similar interest in the First Gospel's spirituality. In his chapter on Matthew, Barton rightly notes Matthew's interest in discipleship, righteousness, purity/integrity, and radical love. To this we will add Matthew's interest in 'faith'. In the study of the Synoptic Gospels in particular, despite the ubiquity of the language of faith, there has been little study of this subject. When it comes to the spirituality of the Gospels, though, there can hardly be a more important concept related to the human response to God than faith."
Recommended Citation
Gupta, Nijay, "The Spirituality of Faith in the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter in Matthew and Mark Across Perspectives)" (2016). Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary. 108.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gfes/108
Comments
Originally published in Matthew and Mark across Perspectives. Co-edited by Kristian Bendoraitis and Nijay K. Gupta. Library of New Testament Studies. London: T & T Clark, 2016.