Jesus and marginal women : the gospel of Matthew in social-scientific perspective / Stuart L. Love.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Love, Stuart L.

Series:

Matrix--the Bible in Mediterranean context ; 5.

Matrix : the Bible in Mediterranean context ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Matthew--Social scientific criticism.

Bible.

Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Matthew.

Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Gospels.

Jesus Christ.

Sociology, Biblical.

Social scientific criticism of sacred works.

Physical Description:

xvi, 259 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, [2009]

Summary:

The Gospel of Matthew Recounts Several Interactions between Jesus and "marginal" women. The urban, relatively wealthy community to which Matthew writes faces issues relating to a number of internal problems including whether or how it will keep Jesus's inclusive vision to honor rural Israelite and non-Israelite outcast women in its midst.

Will the Matthean community be faithful to the social vision of Jesus's unconventional kin group? Or will it give way to the crystallized gender social stratification so characteristic of Greco-Roman society as a whole? Employing social-scientific models and careful use of comparative data, Love examines structural marginality, social role marginality, ideological marginality, and cultural marginality relative to these interactions with Jesus. He also employs models of gender analysis, social stratification, healing, rites of passage, patronage, and prostitution.

Contents:

Introduction

The household in Matthew

Women and men in public settings in Matthew

Models

Jesus heals the hemorrhaging woman and restores a girl to life

Jesus heals the Canaanite woman's daughter

The woman who anoints Jesus

Jesus and the women at the cross and tomb

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259).

ISBN:

159752803X

9781597528030

OCLC:

276908247

Publisher Number:

99936395720