Over three terms we will make a close study of Matthew's version of the gospel story, reading the text of the King James translation together, on Zoom. I will make use of contemporary scholarship. Matthew's gospel is distinctive among the four in its appeal to Jewish tradition, for its author was certainly Jewish although extremely critical of "scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!" His gospel has a striking ethical emphasis, for example in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew's use of sources (both the earlier gospel of Mark and the hypothesized "Q" document) will be considered; we will look at how he uses these sources differently from Luke, and contemplate what insight these differences may give us about Matthew's "take" on his material. I will provide a verse by verse commentary, explaining Greek terms, and facilitate discussion.