Download or read book Matthew's Gospel and Formative Judaism written by J. Andrew Overman and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a study of the life and world of the community represented by the Gospel of Matthew. As Max Weber recognized, every community mus order its life, and develp means by which it can preserve and protect itself. It is clear that the Matthean community was in no way exempt from this sociological necessity. Matthew's community, like any other, was confronted with the task of explaining the experiences and convictions of the community to ensuing members as well as developing structures and procedures that would help protect it from alien forces and beliefs. This study focuses on those developments." --