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A 11 page exegetical examination of the Beatitudes, comparing those listed in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew with those listed in Luke's Sermon of the Plain. This research also includes a one-page outline and is footnoted. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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views. Perhaps the Beatitudes are viewed as central to Christian belief because they address the key problem of the human condition, which is suffering.2 The verses known as the Beatitudes
generally refer to Matthew 5:3-12, which are part of Jesus Sermon on the Mount. However, Luke also records a list of Beatitudes in chapter 6:20-23 as part of a sermon
given by Jesus that is referred to as the Sermon on the Plain. Similar in content and style, these two sets of Beatitudes also differ, specifically in regards to the
authors intent of toward his readership. The following exegetical examination of the Beatitudes discusses their form and content, concentrating on the Beatitudes in Matthew, but also finding in both versions
of the Beatitudes the same exemplary call to spirituality and morality, which theologian H.D. Betz asserts that modern scholarship has failed to recognize. Betz, who is famous for this
scholarship on both the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain, has expressed the opinion that contemporary discussion on these verses has lost sight of what previous
generations of exegetes referred to as the "revolutionary character" of the moral instruction of both sermons.3 Examination of the Beatitudes shows that they concisely summarize the thrust and intent
of Jesus ministry. Delimiting the passage The student researching this topic should note that theological scholars agree that the first guideline in exegetical study is to delimit the passage to
be examined, noting its opening and closing formulae. (The student researching this topic should quote both Matthew 5:1-12 and, also Luke 6:20-23 if you wish, at this point -- by
leaving to the student to add, the writer does not take up considerable text space with these quotes). In his text on exegetical analysis, Gorman indicates that one of
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