Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash: Volume 1, Matthew

Hermann L. Strack; Billerbeck, Paul

ISBN 10: 1683596641 / ISBN 13: 9781683596646

Published by Lexham Academic, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash: Volume 1, Matthew
• Publisher: Lexham Academic
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1683596641
• ISBN 13: 9781683596646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck's Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash is an important reference work for illustrating the concepts, theological background, and cultural assumptions of the New Testament. The commentary walks through each New Testament book verse by verse, referencing potentially illuminating passages from the Talmud and Midrash and providing easy access to the rich textual world of rabbinic material.

Volume 1 comments on the Gospel of Matthew.

Originally published between 1922 and 1928 as Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, Strack and Billerbeck's commentary has been unavailable in English until now.

About the Authors

Hermann L. Strack (1848-1922) was a German Orientalist and theologian. He studied rabbinics under the Jewish-Bohemian scholar Moritz Steinschneider.

Paul Billerbeck (1853-1932) was a German Lutheran minister and scholar of Judaism.