Publication Date
3-2026
School
School of Divinity
Major
Philosophy and Religion: Biblical Studies
Disciplines
Biblical Studies
Recommended Citation
Redstone, Garrett T., "Sermon-Sounding Synoptic: A Literary Analysis of the Sermon on the Mount Throughout Matthew" (2026). Senior Honors Theses. 1569.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1569
Abstract
Scholarship has rowed over redaction to determine how much of Matthew is in the Sermon on the Mount. This analysis evaluates the opposite: how much the of Sermon on the Mount is in Matthew. After establishing a narrative-literary method that centers on Sermon-discourse intertextuality, Matthew’s fivefold structure which the Sermon occupies and the narrative, and literary disciple-focus the discourses share, this analysis traces themes and vocabulary through Matthew and back to the Sermon, which influences much of Matthew’s sound and prepares disciples both in and abreast of the story to better learn from Jesus’ teachings in Matthew’s Gospel account.
