Those Who Heard It First: The Political Implications of the Sermon on the Mount to Jesus' Jewish Audience

By Roger Ewald Lang

This book will argue that, in the Sermon on the Mount, a very Jewish Jesus - a man
true to the religio-political views of his day - reaffirms a Jewish ethical form of non-violent
resistance. The most important evidence available is the Gospel of Matthew itself, Jewish
ethical writings such as Pirkei Avot, other Mishna writings, and writings on the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lang Book Publishing Limited
• Release date: Jul 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9780994111739

Book preview

Those who heard it first:

The Political Implications of the Sermon on the Mount

to Jesus’ Jewish audience

A Thesis by Roger E. Lang

Learn more about

Dr. Jen Betham-Lang and

Roger Lang’s ministry at:

www.bnai-tikkun.org.nz

LANG Book Publishing Ltd.

Copyright © 2014 by Roger Ewald Lang Jr. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without written permission from the author.

Cover design by Blair McLean.

ISBN-13:

978-0-9941117-2-2 – Paperback

978-0-9941117-3-9 – eBook (Kindle)

Published in New Zealand

Dedication

This publication is