Mattai : A Jewish commentary on the gospel of Matthew

Xus Casal is a Spanish mystic, a student of religious history, Judaism and Hassidut and one of the authors of 13petals. He carries the Hassidic principle of rescuing sparks of holiness – a principle that involves finding the holy which is trapped within the secular and elevating it for the sake of Tiqun Olam, the final correction of the world.This commentary was written under the premise that the book of Matthew is a first century Jewish work and that Yeshua, the leader described in the book, was a Torah-observant Jew and a tzaddiq. Also, the commentary is based on the Semitic manuscripts rather than the traditional Greek text. This alone distinguishes it from any other commentary written about Matthew to this day. Read more