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Reviews REVIEWS Krister Stendahl, The School of St. Matthew, Acta Seminarii Neotestamentici Upsaliensis XX, Uppsala 1954, C. W. K. Gleerup, Luna; Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen. 249 p. p. Pr. 18 Swed. crowns. The main theme of this very interesting and important study is the "Sitz im Leben" of the Gospel of Matthew. In the first chapter, entitled "The School", the author considers the views of other writers about this problem of 'form-criticism', first of all that of Martin Dibelius. In his well- known Formge8ch.ich,te, the German scholar treats the gospel material from the point of view of preaching l'Predigt'). This term covers either all the activities of the Church through which it promoted its message or, in a more concrete sense, the sermon proper. Stendahl considers the former interpretation too vague and abstract, the latter too one-sided. He also rejects the view of Kilpatrick, according to which the formation of Matthew's gospel is determined by liturgical points of view. In Stendahl's opinion, there are two chief weaknesses in this standpoint: 1. "a liturgical recitation of gospels or gospel material in the period presumed by K. (65-100 A.D.) is by no means an unchallenged fact" (which automatically includes the rejection of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

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Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 11 (1): 113 – Jan 1, 1957
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Brill
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© 1957 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-6032
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10.1163/157007257X00097
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REVIEWS Krister Stendahl, The School of St. Matthew, Acta Seminarii Neotestamentici Upsaliensis XX, Uppsala 1954, C. W. K. Gleerup, Luna; Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen. 249 p. p. Pr. 18 Swed. crowns. The main theme of this very interesting and important study is the "Sitz im Leben" of the Gospel of Matthew. In the first chapter, entitled "The School", the author considers the views of other writers about this problem of 'form-criticism', first of all that of Martin Dibelius. In his well- known Formge8ch.ich,te, the German scholar treats the gospel material from the point of view of preaching l'Predigt'). This term covers either all the activities of the Church through which it promoted its message or, in a more concrete sense, the sermon proper. Stendahl considers the former interpretation too vague and abstract, the latter too one-sided. He also rejects the view of Kilpatrick, according to which the formation of Matthew's gospel is determined by liturgical points of view. In Stendahl's opinion, there are two chief weaknesses in this standpoint: 1. "a liturgical recitation of gospels or gospel material in the period presumed by K. (65-100 A.D.) is by no means an unchallenged fact" (which automatically includes the rejection of

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Published: Jan 1, 1957

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