{"product_id":"sermon-on-the-mount-a-beginners-guide-to-the-kingdom-of-heaven-9781501899898","title":"Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eSermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevine, Amy-Jill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Amy-Jill Levine (\"AJ\") is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford Seminary and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita, and Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. An internationally renowned scholar and teacher, she is the author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eThe Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShort Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eParables of a Controversial Rabbi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eJewish Annotated New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e. AJ is the first Jew to teach New Testament at Rome's Pontifical Biblical Institute. In 2021 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. AJ describes herself as an unorthodox member of an Orthodox synagogue and a Yankee Jewish feminist who until 2021 taught New Testament in a Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt.","brand":"Abingdon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604758925586,"sku":"9781501899898","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5b6fa27-eabf-4aa9-a230-048d19bc6c3e.jpg?v=1732263915","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sermon-on-the-mount-a-beginners-guide-to-the-kingdom-of-heaven-9781501899898","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}