Commentaries
Albright, W. F., and C. S. Mann. Matthew. AB 26. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971.
Allen, Willoughby C. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. ICC. 3d ed. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1912.
Augsburger, Myron S. Matthew. The Communicator’s Commentary. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1982.
Barclay, William. The Gospel of Matthew. 2 vols. DSB. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1975.
Barton, Bruce B., Mark Fackler, Linda K. Taylor, and David R. Veerman. Matthew. Life Application Bible Commentary. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1996.
Beare, Francis Wright. The Gospel According to Matthew: Translation, Introduction and Commentary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981.
Betz, Hans Dieter. The Sermon on the Mount: A Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, Including the Sermon on the Plain (Matthew 5:3–7:27 and Luke 6:20–49). Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.
Blomberg, Craig L. Matthew. NAC 22. Nashville: Broadman, 1992.
Boring, M. Eugene. “The Gospel of Matthew: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections.” The New Interpreter’s Bible. Vol. 8. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.
Broadus, John. Matthew. An American Commentary. Valley Forge, Pa.: Judson, 1886.
Brown, Raymond E. The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. ABRL. Rev. ed. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
———. The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave. A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels. 2 vols. ABRL. New York: Doubleday, 1994.
Bruce, A. B. “The Gospel According to Matthew.” The Expositor’s Greek Testament. Vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.
Bruner, Frederick Dale. Matthew. 2 vols. The Christbook (Matthew 1–12) and The Churchbook (Matthew 13–28). Dallas: Word, 1987, 1990.
Buchanan, George Wesley. The Gospel of Matthew. 2 vols. Mellen Biblical Commentary. Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen Biblical Press, 1996.
Carson, D. A. “Matthew.” The Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 8. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984.
Davies, Margaret. Matthew. Readings: A New Biblical Commentary. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993.
Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew. 3 vols. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1988, 1991, 1997.
Hare, Douglas R. A. Matthew. Interpretation. Louisville: John Knox, 1993.
Fenton, J. C. Saint Matthew. Westminster Pelican Commentaries. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1963.
Filson, Floyd V. The Gospel According to St. Matthew. BNTC. 2d ed. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1971.
France, R. T. The Gospel According to Matthew. TNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985.
Gardner, Richard B. Matthew. Believers Church Bible Commentary. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald, 1991.
Garland, David E. Reading Matthew. New York: Crossroad, 1993.
Glasscock, Ed. Matthew. Moody Gospel Commentary. Chicago: Moody Press, 1997.
Gnilka, J. Das Matthäusevangelium. 2 vols. HTKNT. Freiburg: Herder, 1986, 1988.
Green, H. Benedict. The Gospel According to Matthew: Introduction and Commentary. The New Clarendon Bible (New Testament). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1975.
Green, Michael. The Message of Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven. BST. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
Guelich, Robert A. The Sermon on the Mount: A Foundation for Understanding. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1982.
Gundry, Robert H. Matthew: A Commentary on His Handbook for a Mixed Church Under Persecution. 2d ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Hagner, Donald. Matthew 1–13. WBC 33A. Dallas: Word, 1993.
———. Matthew 14–28. WBC 33B. Dallas: Word, 1995.
Harrington, Daniel J. The Gospel of Matthew. Sacra Pagina. Collegeville, Minn.: Michael Glazier, 1991.
Hendriksen, William. Exposition of the Gospel According to Matthew. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1973.
Hill, David. The Gospel of Matthew. NCB. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972.
Keener, Craig S. A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
———. Matthew. IVPNTC. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
Leiva-Merikakis, Erasmo. Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. Vol. 1. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1996.
Levine, Amy-Jill. A Feminist Companion to Matthew. Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings. Vol. 1. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
Long, Thomas G. Matthew. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997.
Luz, Ulrich. Matthew 1–7: A Commentary. 1985. Trans. Wilhelm C. Linss. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989.
———. Matthew 8–20: A Commentary. Hermeneia. Trans. James E. Crouch. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001.
MacArthur, John. Matthew 1–7; Matthew 8–15; Matthew 16–23; Matthew 24–28. MacArthur New Testament Commentary. Chicago: Moody Press, 1985, 1987, 1989.
McNeile, Alan Hugh. The Gospel According to Matthew: The Greek Text with Introduction, Notes, and Indices. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980.
Meier, John P. Matthew. NTM 3. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1980.
Morgan, G. Campbell. The Gospel According to Matthew. Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell, n.d.
Morris, Leon. The Gospel According to Matthew. PNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.
Mounce, Robert H. Matthew. GNC. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985.
Overman, J. Andrew. Church and Community in Crisis: The Gospel According to Matthew. The New Testament in Context. Valley Forge, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1996.
Perlewitz, M. The Gospel of Matthew. Message of Biblical Spirituality. 8. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1988.
Plummer, Alfred. An Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1982.
Ridderbos, H. N. Matthew. BSC. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987.
Robertson, Archibald Thomas. “The Gospel According to Matthew.” Word Pictures in the New Testament. Vol. 1. Nashville: Broadman, 1930.
Ryle, J. C. Matthew: Expository Thoughts on the Gospels. Reprinted in The Crossway Classic Commentaries. Wheaton: Crossway, 1993.
Sand, Alexander. Das Evangelium nach Matthäus. Regensburger Neues Testament. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 1986.
Schnackenburg, Rudolf. The Gospel of Matthew. Trans. Robert R. Barr. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
Schweizer, Eduard. The Good News According to Matthew. Atlanta: John Knox, 1975.
Senior, Donald. Matthew. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998.
Simonetti, Manlio, ed. Matthew 1–13. ACCSNT 1a. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2001.
———. Matthew 14–28. ACCSNT 1b. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2002.
Smith, R. H. Matthew. Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989.
Tasker, R. V. G. The Gospel According to St. Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary. TNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961.
Toussaint, Stanley D. Behold the King: A Study of Matthew. Portland, Ore.: Multnomah, 1981.
Trilling, Wolfgang. The Gospel According to St. Matthew. 2 vols. New York: Crossroad, 1981.
Walvoord, John F. Matthew: Thy Kingdom Come. Chicago: Moody Press, 1974.
Weber, Stuart K. Matthew. Holman New Testament Commentary. Nashville: Holman, 2000.
Wilkins, Michael. “Matthew.” ZIBBC. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.
Zanchettin, Leo, ed. Matthew: A Devotional Commentary. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist, 1997.
Special Studies
This is only a sampling of the vast literature on Matthew. Shorter studies, such as journal articles and chapters in books, are found in the footnotes.
Aune, David E., ed. The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study: Studies in Memory of William G. Thompson, S.J. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
Bauckham, Richard. Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
Bornkamm, Günther, Gerhard Barth, and Heinz Joachim Held. Tradition and Interpretation in Matthew. Trans. Percy Scott. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1963.
Brown, Jeannine K. The Disciples in Narrative Perspective: The Portrayal and Function of the Matthean Disciples. SBL Academia Biblica 9. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.
Burkett, Delbert. The Son of Man Debate: A History and Evaluation. SNTSMS 107. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999.
Caragounis, Chrys. Peter and the Rock. BZNW 58. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1990.
Carter, Warren. Households and Discipleship: A Study of Matthew 19–20. JSNTSup 103. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994.
———. Matthew: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
———, and John Paul Heil, Matthew’s Parables: Audience-Oriented Perspectives. CBQMS 30. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1998.
Cousland, J. R. C. The Crowds in the Gospel of Matthew. NovTSup 102. Leiden: Brill, 2002.
Davis, Stephen, Daniel Kendall, and Gerald O’Collins, eds. The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.
Donaldson, Terence L. Jesus on the Mountain: A Study in Matthean Theology. JSNTSup 8. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1985.
Edwards, Richard A. Matthew’s Story of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.
———. Matthew’s Narrative Portrait of Disciples: How the Text-Connoted Reader Is Informed. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1997.
France, R. T. Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.
Gerhardsson, Birger. The Testing of God’s Son (Matt 4:1–11 and Par.). ConBNT 2.1. Lund: Gleerup, 1996.
Goodacre, Mark. The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 2002.
Green, H. Benedict. Matthew, Poet of the Beatitudes. JSNTSup 203. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
Howell, David B. Matthew’s Inclusive Story: A Study in the Narrative Rhetoric of the First Gospel. JSNTSup 42. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990.
Ilan, Tal. Jewish Women in Greco-Roman Palestine: An Inquiry into Image and Status. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1995.
Kingsbury, Jack Dean. Matthew As Story. 2d ed. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988.
———. Matthew: Structure, Christology, Kingdom. 2d ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989.
Knowles, Michael. Jeremiah in Matthew’s Gospel: The Rejected-Prophet Motif in Matthean Redaction. JSNTSup 68. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.
Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Peter T. O’Brien. Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission. NSBT 11. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2001.
Kupp, David D. Matthew’s Emmanuel: Divine Presence and God’s People in the First Gospel. SNTSMS. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.
LaGrand, James. The Earliest Christian Mission to “All Nations” in the Light of Matthew’s Gospel. International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995.
Levine, Amy-Jill. The Social and Ethnic Dimensions of Matthean Salvation History. Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity. 14. Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen, 1988.
McKnight, Scot. A Light Among the Gentiles: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.
Orton, David E. The Understanding Scribe: Matthew and the Apocalyptic Ideal. JSNTSup 25. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1989.
Powell, Mark Allan, and David R. Bauer, eds. Who Do You Say That I Am? Essays on Christology. In Honor of Jack Dean Kingsbury. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.
Robinson, James M., Paul Hoffmann, and John S. Kloppenborg, eds. The Critical Edition of Q: Synopsis Including the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Mark and Thomas, with English, German and French Translations of Q and Thomas. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000.
Rousseau, John J., and Rami Arav. Jesus and His World: An Archaeological and Cultural Dictionary. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.
Saldarini, Anthony J. Matthew’s Christian-Jewish Community. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1994.
Sim, David C. Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Gospel of Matthew. SNTSMS 88. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996.
———. The Gospel of Matthew and Christian Judaism: The History and Social Setting of the Matthean Community. Studies of the New Testament and Its World. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1998.
Stanton, Graham N. A Gospel for a New People: Studies in Matthew. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1992.
Tan, Kim Huat. The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus. SNTSMS. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.
Twelftree, Graham H. Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999.
Vledder, Evert-Jan. Conflict in the Miracle Stories: A Socio-Exegetical Study of Matthew 8 and 9. JSNTSup 152. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
Webb, Robert L. John the Baptizer and Prophet: A Socio-Historical Study. JSNTSup 62. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991.
Wenham, David. The Rediscovery of Jesus’ Eschatological Discourse. Gospel Perspectives 4. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1984.
Wilkins, Michael J. The Concept of Disciple in Matthew’s Gospel As Reflected in the Use of the Term μαθητής. NovTSup 59. Leiden: Brill, 1988.
———. Following the Master: A Biblical Theology of Discipleship. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.
———. Discipleship in the Ancient World and Matthew’s Gospel. 2d ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995.
Yamasaki, Gary. John the Baptist in Life and Death: Audience-Oriented Criticism of Matthew’s Narrative. JSNTSup 167. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.
Yang, Yong-Eui. Jesus and the Sabbath in Matthew’s Gospel. JSNTSup 139. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.