Pennington, Jonathan T.

Heaven and earth in the Gospel of Matthew / Jonathan T. Pennington - Leiden ; Boston : Brill,  2007 - xv, 399 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Supplements to the journal for the study of Judaism, 126 .

Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One Clearing Ground and Building Anew; Chapter One Challenging the Circumlocution Assumption; Chapter Two A Survey of Heaven in the Old Testament and Second Temple Literature; Chapter Three A Survey of Heaven in Matthew; Chapter Four Heaven and Earth in the Context of Matthean Studies and Theology; Part Two Matthew's Idiolectic Use of Heaven Language and the Theme of Heaven and Earth.

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Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Heaven--Biblical teaching.Earth (Planet)--Biblical teaching.

BS2575.55 / .P45 2007