A Marginal Scribe

"Dennis Duling's work is always engaging, always stimulating, and always insightful."

--Warren Carter

Brite Divinity School



"This is a wonderful resource."

--Carolyn Osiek

Brite Divinity School



"Dennis Duling's A Marginal Scribe is to date the most thorough, methodologically consistent, and nuanced application of social-science models to the gospel of Matthew"

--John S. Kloppenborg

University of Toronto



"Future work simply cannot ignore this book."

--Douglas E. Oakman

Pacific Lutheran University



"[A] 'must read' for both biblical hermeneutes in general and Matthean scholars in particular."

--John H. Elliott

University of San Francisco



"Duling offers penetrating understandings of important dimensions of Matthew . . ."

--Philip Esler

St. Mary's University College



"Dennis C. Duling is without peer in the application of social-scientific methods to the Gospel of Matthew."

--David Sim

Australian Catholic University



"[A] rich, fruitful, seasoned, refined body of research."

--Stuart L. Love

Pepperdine University