Review
'... an admirable and carefully crafted book ...' Journal of the New Testament Society of South Africa 'Olmstead's reading of these texts contained in Matthew's Gospel is compelling.' Expository Times 'Matthean scholars and students will appreciate the careful attention Olmstead has paid to the place of the leaders of the nation of Israel, the nation as a whole, and the Gentiles in Matthew's Gospel. The reading he offers of the three parables certainly keeps the entire Gospel in perspective.' Journal for the Study of the New Testament 'An important study for both Matthean scholars and for the study of parables in the Synoptics generally.' Religious Studies Review
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"[Olmstead] demonstrates solid redaction critical study, good narrative impulses, and carefully nuanced exegesis." Journal of Evangelical Theological Society, Jeannine K. Brown
"Olmstead has made an important contribution both to the study of parables and to the study of the first Gospel as he has welded narrative and redaction-critical methods...This book is valuable for scholars as well as serious students of the parables and of Matthew's Gospel." - The Journal of Religion Barbara E. Reid, Catholic Theological Union at Chicago
"Olmstead has produced a most valuable and timely study of these parables and the light they cast on the question of the nation and nations. His arguments are balanced, carefully developed and compelling." - J.R.C. Cousland, University of British Columbia
"This study is so carefully and cautiously done that there is very little to criticize." - Charles H. Talbert, Baylor University, Waco, TX
"This monograph is a reworking of his 1999 Ph.D. dissertation written at the King's College London..."
--Southwestern Journal of Theology
