Translation of : Die Bergpredigt. 2nd ed. 1985.

I. Introduction -- 1.1 Literary-analytical presuppositions -- 1.2 Types of exegesis of the Sermon on the Mount -- 2. Exegesis --- 2.1 5:1-2 The setting -- 2.2 5:3-20 The opening of the Sermon on the Mount -- 2.2.1 5:3-12 The beatitudes -- 2.2.2 5:13-16 The nature of discipleship -- 2.2.3 5:17-20 The new righteousness -- 2.3 5:21-48 The antitheses -- 2.3.1 5:21-26 The first antithesis: On killing -- 2.3.2 5:27-30 The second antithesis: On adultery -- 2.3.3 5:31-32 The third antithesis: On divorce -- 2.3.4 5:33-37 The fourth antithesis: On oaths -- 2.3.5 5:38-42 The fifth antithesis: On retaliation -- 2.3.6 5:43-48 The sixth antithesis: On love of enemy -- 2.4 6:1-18 On almsgiving, praying, and fasting -- 2.4.1 6:1-4 On almsgiving -- 2.4.2 6:5-8 On praying -- 2.4.3 6:9-15 The Lord's Prayer -- 2.4.4 6:16-18 On fasting -- 2.5 6:19-7:12 Individual directives -- 2.5.1 6:19-24 On wealth -- 2.5.2 6:25-34 On anxiety -- 2.5.3 7:1-6 On judging -- 2.5.4 7:7-11 On the answering of prayer -- 2.5.5 7:12 The golden rule -- 2.6 7:13-27 Closing admonitions and parables -- 2.6.1 7:13-14 The gate and the way -- 2.6.2 7:15-20 The false prophets -- 2.6.3 7:21-23 The necessity of deeds -- 2.6.4 7:24-27 The closing parables: On the wise and foolish builders -- 2.7 7:28-29 Epilogue -- 3. Outlook