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While the bridegroom is with them : marriage, family, gender and violence in the Gospel of Matthew / Marianne Blickenstaff.
Van Pelt Library BS2575.6.M3 B55 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blickenstaff, Marianne
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 292.
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 292
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Matthew--Feminist criticism.
- Bible.
- Bible. Matthew--Socio-rhetorical criticism.
- Bible. Matthew.
- Marriage--Biblical teaching.
- Marriage.
- Families--Biblical teaching.
- Families.
- Violence--Biblical teaching.
- Violence.
- Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works.
- Feminist criticism.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : T&T Clark International, [2005]
- Summary:
- Interpreters of Matthew's Parable of the Wedding Feast (22.1-14) typically associate the 'king' with God and then justify his violent attacks against city and guests; interpreters of the Parable of the Ten Virgins (25.1-13) typically associate the 'bridegroom' with Jesus and then justify his extreme rejection of the 'foolish virgins.' Questioning such allegorical interpretations, this study first details how Hebrew, Greek, and Roman texts depict - without requiring allegorical understandings - numerous bridegrooms associated not only with joy but also with violence and death.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0567041123
- OCLC:
- 57731121
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