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The seminar offers an exploration of one of the most influential New Testament texts, as interpreted by prominent New Testament scholar Dale Allison in his book The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination. Participants will read through the Allison's unique perspectives on the Beatitudes, moral and spiritual directives, and the transformative messages contained within this essential ethical text. By examining the historical context, linguistic nuances, and contemporary applications, the seminar aims to provide a deeper understanding of the Sermon on the Mount and to reflect on how the impulses of the Sermon on the Mount can be ethically inspiring today.
Note: the seminar is listed under two codes: as a three-credit seminar (RETN 5042A) for those who take it without the final seminar paper, and as a six-credit seminar (RETN 5042) for those who submit the seminar paper. Last update: Cielontko Dávid, Ph.D. (05.09.2024)
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Course completion requirements: - regular attendance Last update: Cielontko Dávid, Ph.D. (28.09.2024)
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Essential reading: ALLISON, Dale C. The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1999.
Additional bibliography: (History of Interpretation): KISSINGER, Warren S., The Sermon on the Mount: A History of Interpretation and Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1975. CARTER, Warren, What are they saying about Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount? New York: Paulist Press, 1994. GREENMAN, Jeffrey P.; Timothy LARSEN; Stephen R. SPENCER (eds.), Sermon on the Mount through the centuries. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Brazos Press, 2007. PELIKAN, Jaroslav, Divine Rhetoric: The Sermon on the Mount as Message and as Model in Augustine, Chrysostom, and Luther. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2001.
(Interpretations, exegesis, studies): BETZ, Hans Dieter, The Sermon on the Mount: A Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount (Hermeneia). Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995. [Modern historical-critical exegetical commentary] DIBELIUS, Martin, Sermon on the Mount. New York: C. Scribner’s sons, 1940. (originally as an article in German in: Botschaft und Geschichte, Gesammelte Aufsatze, Erster Band. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1953, pp. 79-174) [Classical Protestant Exegetical and Theological Commentary] JEREMIAS, Joachim, Die Bergpredigt. Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag, 1959. = Sermon on the Mount. Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1963. (English trans.) [Classical Exegetical and Theological Commentary] LAMBRECHT, Jan, The Sermon on the Mount: Proclamation and Exhortation. Wilmington: Glazier, 1985 [Exegetical and Theological Commentary by a prominent Catholic Biblical Scholar] LAPIDE, Pinchas, Die Bergpredigt - Utopie oder Programm? Mainz : Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, 1983 (8. Aufl.) = Sermon on the Mount, Utopia or Program for Action? Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1986 (English trans.) [Inspiring Jewish Interpretation of the Sermon] LEVINE, Amy-Jill, Sermon on the mount: a beginner's guide to the kingdom of heaven. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2020. [Modern Interpretation by a prominent Jewish Biblical Scholar] MATTISON, William C. The Sermon on the Mount and moral theology: a virtue perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. [Contemporary Ethical Interpretation]
POKORNÝ, Petr, Der Kern der Bergpredigt: Eine Auslegung. Hamburg: Herbert Reich, 1969. [Exegetical Study on the Historical Core of the Sermon and its Theological Meaning]
RAGAZ, Leonhard, Die Bergpredigt Jesu. Revolution der Moral – Revolution der Religion – Magna Charta des Reiches Gottes. Bern: Herbert Lang, 1945. [Interesting Interpretation of a Swiss Reformed Socialist Theologian] TALBERT, Charles H., Reading the Sermon on the Mount: Character Formation and Decision Making in Matthew 5-7. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Press, 2006. [Modern Theological Commentary]
Last update: Cielontko Dávid, Ph.D. (05.09.2024)
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Last update: Cielontko Dávid, Ph.D. (24.09.2024)
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