Editing Sermon on the Mount (section)

===Theological structure===
The theological structure of the Sermon on the Mount is widely discussed.<ref name=Talbert21 >''Reading the Sermon on the Mount:'' by Charles H. Talbert 2004 {{ISBN|1-57003-553-9}} pp.&nbsp;21–26.</ref><ref name=WCarter /><ref name=DAllison >{{cite journal |title=The Structure of the Sermon on the Mount |first1=Dale C. |last1=Allison |journal=Journal of Biblical Literature |volume=106 |issue=3 |date=September 1987 |pages=423–45 |doi=10.2307/3261066 |jstor=3261066 |url = http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/jbl/1987_allison.pdf}}</ref> One group of theologians ranging from [[Saint Augustine]] in the 5th century to [[Michael Goulder]] in the 20th century, see the [[Beatitudes]] as the central element of the Sermon.<ref name=Talbert21 /> Others such as [[Günther Bornkamm]] see the Sermon arranged around the [[Lord's Prayer]], while [[Daniel Patte]], closely followed by [[Ulrich Luz]], see a [[chiastic structure]] in the sermon.<ref name=Talbert21 /><ref name=WCarter /> [[Dale Allison]] and [[Glen Stassen]] have proposed a structure based on triads.<ref name="WCarter" /><ref name="DAllison" /><ref>Stassen, Glen H. "The Fourteen Triads of the Sermon on the Mount." ''Journal of Biblical Literature'', 2003.</ref> [[Jack Kingsbury]] and [[Hans Dieter Betz]] see the sermon as composed of theological themes, e.g. righteousness or way of life.<ref name=Talbert21/>