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MARCEL DUMAIS, O.M.I., Le Sermon sur la Montagne: Etat de la recherche, interpretation, bibliographie (Paris: Letouzey et An6, 1995). Pp. 331. Paper 199 E
This study of the Sermon on the Mount (SM) would be very useful for graduate students, to help them become acquainted with the research. Dumais has drawn up very large and detailed lists of articles and books about this portion of Matthew's Gospel. Each chapter has a detailed bibliography for each unit of the SM, and many studies, more general and less specific, are listed at the end of the book. Students using the book would become aware of many different approaches to Matthew's first presentation of Jesus' teaching.
There are two main sections in this study. Part I focuses on the SM as a specific unit within Matthew's Gospel (its use as a source of theology, its historical context and literary characteristics, its relation to Luke's...