Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5-7 contains some of Jesus most profound and most memorable teachings. What might these teachings have mean to his disciples and to the others who first heard them? How do they enhance our reading of the rest of the Gospel of Matthew and how do they speak across the centuries to listeners today? How if we pay careful attention to his words does Jesus provide us a road map to living as God would have us live?In Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven Dr. Amy-Jill Levine introduces the major topics in the Sermon on the Mount explains historical and theological contexts and shows how the words of Jesus echo his Jewish tradition and speak forward to reach hearts and minds today.This book provides a rich and challenging learning experience for the individual reader and also makes a wonderful six-week group study with the additional Leader Guide DVD and 40-day readings