Michael Barber is Professor of Theology and Scripture at the Augustine Institute in Denver, CO. His most recent academic publication is Paul, A New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2019), co-written with Brant Pitre and John Kincaid. In addition to his teaching, academic research and publishing, he also gives popular-level presentations at Catholic conferences and parish events around the United States. For booking, see www.TheSacredPage.com.
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Journal Articles
Scribes for the Kingdom
September 21, 2022
In Matthew 13, after teaching in parables, Jesus asks the disciples: “Have you understood all these things?” (Matt 13:51). When they answer in the affirmative, we are told that Jesus replied, “For this reason, every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasure both the new and the old” (Matt 13:52).