ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author talks about the religious implications of literary and philosophical texts of Morton Scott Enslin. He was born at Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1897. He was professor of New Testament at Crozer Theological Seminary from 1924 to 1954, and edited the Crozer Quarterly from 1941 to 1952. In 1954 he accepted a call to the Theological School, St. Lawrence University. In 1945 he was president of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis; in 1952 he was president of the American Theological Society. His major works are The Ethics of Paul, Christian Beginnings, and The Prophet from Nazareth. All of the selections in the chapter come from The Literature of the Christian Movement. The author describes the Gospel according to Matthew. The gospel of Matthew has been described as a "manual of the life of Christ and of biblical theolog.
