Fr. John P. Meier, S.T.D., (1942-2022), was the W.K. Warren IV Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, has written five books on the Gospel of Matthew and more than fifty journal articles.  His books include The Mission of Christ and His Church: Studies in Christology and Ecclesiology (Glazier, Liturgical Press, 1990). The Vision of Matthew: Christ, Church, and Morality in the First Gospel (Crossroad, 1991), and A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (Doubleday.1991).

• ContentsEditors' Preface   ixIntroduction   xiTHE PROLOGUE   1BOOK ONETHE SON BEGINS TO PROCLAIM THE KINGDOMI.  Narrative: Beginnings of the Ministry   21II.  Discourse: The Sermon on the Mount   37BOOK TWOTHE MISSION OF JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES IN GALILEEI.  Narrative: The Cycle of Nine Miracle Stories   79II.  Discourse: The Mission, Past and Future   102BOOK THREEJESUS MEETS OPPOSITION FROM ISRAELI.  Narrative: Jesus Disputes With Israel and Condemns It   119II.  Discourse: Jesus Withdraws From Israel Into Parabolic Speech   141BOOK FOURTHE MESSIAH FORMS HIS CHURCH AND PROPHESIES HIS PASSIONI.  Narrative: The Itinerant Jesus Prepares for the Church by His Deeds   157II.  Discourse: Church Life and Order   199BOOK FIVETHE MESSIAH AND HIS CHURCH ON THE WAY TO THE PASSIONI.  Narrative: Jesus Leads His Disciples to the Cross As He Confounds His Enemies   213II.  Discourse: The Last Judgment   276THE CLIMAXTHE DEATH-RESURRECTIONI.  From Wednesday to Thursday Night   309II.  From Friday Morning to Saturday   336III.  From Sunday to the End of the Age   359Suggested Reading List for Matthew   375