CONFLICT IN MATTHEW'S COMMUNITY Now, we have to remember that it's precisely in Matthew's gospel that the Pharisees are Jesus' main opponents throughout his life. Now, in Jesus' own times ...

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said ... imposes on them the responsibility to seek alternative responses to conflict and injustice.

The evangelist who composed the gospel of Matthew was probably a Jewish Christian ... and 90 CE and addressed his work to a community in conflict: Jewish Christians who were being pushed out ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...