Matthew 15-28

Wesley G. Olmstead is Henry Hildebrand Professor of Biblical Studies at Briercrest College and Seminary.

This focused, user-friendly handbook offers a good alternative to online biblical software, supplements the existing Matthean commentaries, and makes an important contribution to the ongoing text-critical evaluation of the Greek New Testament. --Olegs Andrejevs "Review of Biblical Literature" ...Olmstead has produced a masterful and incisive treatment of the Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew. This is without any shadow of doubt one of the stand-out volumes in the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament series. What makes this volume so valuable is not simply the fact that Olmstead executes his task with great skill and decades of experience, but that he understands the purpose behind such an endeavour. Olmstead uses analysis of the Greek text as a key tool in the exegete's repertoire to probe more deeply into the meaning of the text by paying close attention to the actual words and expressions that were selected and constructed by the author of the Gospel of Matthew. In so doing, Olmstead illustrates the continued value of learning biblical languages to the fullest level possible, and the fruits that might be gleaned from applying that learning to a close and detailed reading of the text. --Paul Foster "Expository Times" Although this handbook is part of the secondary literature, it will push the reader to the text of Matthew's Gospel. While some will disagree with some of Olmstead's conclusions concerning rhetorical force and balk at his 'idiosyncratic' translations, the readability of the volume, given its reference nature, makes for an indispensable resource for seasoned scholars and students with some working knowledge of Greek. --Charles Nathan Ridlehoover "Catholic Biblical Quarterly"