Jennifer L. Hamden
Annotated Bibliography for the study of Matthew 12:46-50
22 February 2000

• Aland, Kurt ed. Synopsis of the Four Gospels. United Bible Societies, 1982. Organizes the synoptics in parallel.fashion for comparison purposes, following Mark's organization of the narrative and parables; uses RSV, ERF, ARV and Catholic Edition of the RSV to capture the variant readings.
• Barton, Stephen. Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Attempts to remedy deficiency of studies of Christian orrgins in paying little attention to the impact of the Christian movement upon attitudes to family ties and natural kinship. After examining the religious traditions Judaism and the philosophical traditions of the Greco-Roman world, he offers a detailed study of the relevant passages in Mark and Matthew.
• Brown, Raymond. Introduction to the New Testament. New York: Doubleday, 1997. An introductory source for general information on the New Testament as part of biblical research, not church history. First, he gives introductory material to the nature and origins of the texts, as well as to the political, social, cultural and religious norms of New Testament times, before giving a general overview of each Book.
• Bruner, Frederick. Matthew, A Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1987.
• Evans, Craig and Stanley Porter, eds. The Historical Jesus. Sheffield, England: Sheffield University Press, 1995.
• Farmer, William R. "The Present State of the Synoptic Problem." Accessed 2/8/2000. http://www.bham.ac.uk/theology/synoptic-l/farmer.htm. Looks at three publications between 1990 and 1996 to gauge the present state of the synoptic problem: Dungan's The Interrelations of the Gospels, Strecker's Minor Agreements: Symposium Gottingen, 1991, Keck's New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. Flit McNicol's Jesus: Directions for the Future. and McNicol's Beyond the Q Impasse: Luke's Use of Matthew. Also looks at Davies' and Allison's work, as well as that of Neirynck, Sanders, and Margaret Davies.
• Garland, David. Reading Matthew: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the First Gospel. New York: Crossroad, 1993. Commentary on Matthew that seeks to capture the religious truth of its message. Cross references of not only Old and New Testament texts, but also secular texts, such as The Golden Ass and Plutarch's Parallel Lives.
• Loader, William R.G "The Historical Jesus Puzzle." Accessed 2/19/2000. http://wwwstaffmurdoch.edu.loader/Jesus.html. Addresses questions of "Why ask about the historical Jesus? What new data do we have to warrant more research? and What, if any, findings can we identify in current research?" Argues that research is demanded not only by historical inquiry, but also desirable in the process of coming to terms with what is an adequate theology.
• Luz, Ulrich. Matthew in History: Interpretation, Influence and Effects. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994. A revision of the lectures at Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in 1990. In response to what he sees to be the shortcomings of the historical-critical exegetical method, he offers a new one, which he calls "history of effects." In this method, one looks at the kind of role the biblical texts played in the historical process of the confessional diversification of the churches.
• Malina, Bruce and Richard Rohrbaugh. Social Science Commentary on the Gospels. Augsburg Fortress, 1992. Malina and Rohrbaugh look at passages in the Gospels within their cultural contexts, with general commentary and cultural notes following each pericope. They are trying to capture what the text, written in an agrarian society, communicates to us in an industrial one.
  
• Morris, Leon. The Gospel According to Matthew. Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity, 1992. Commentary on Matthew's Gospel that focuses on the cultural context of the Gospel writer and how it compares to those of the other Synoptics.