Review of the hardback: 'Gurtner has produced an extremely valuable study that clarifies many of the issues that revolve around this small but highly significant detail in the Matthean text.' The Expository Times

• 1. Introduction; 2. Veils in the Old Testament; 3. Functionality and identity in the 'veil of the temple'; 4. The veil in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism; 5. Matthew's temple and Jesus' death: hermeneutical keys to the rending of the veil; 6. Analysis of the Matthean velum scissum pericope; 7. Conclusion: Matthew's velum scissum - retrospect and prospect.

Review of the hardback: 'Gurtner has produced an extremely valuable study that clarifies many of the issues that revolve around this small but highly significant detail in the Matthean text.' The Expository Times

• 1. Introduction; 2. Veils in the Old Testament; 3. Functionality and identity in the 'veil of the temple'; 4. The veil in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism; 5. Matthew's temple and Jesus' death: hermeneutical keys to the rending of the veil; 6. Analysis of the Matthean velum scissum pericope; 7. Conclusion: Matthew's velum scissum - retrospect and prospect.