Matthew / Nicole Wilkinson Duran and James P. Grimshaw, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duran, Nicole Wilkinson, editor.

Grimshaw, James P., 1963- editor.

Series:

Texts @ contexts.

Texts @ contexts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Matthew.

Physical Description:

xxii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2013]

Contents:

Part I Community and Beginnings

1 Rereading the Past: Memory and Identity in Post-Communist Croatia and the Genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew / Lidija Novakovic Novakovic, Lidija 9

2 A South Africa Contextual Reading of Matthew 1:1-17 / Jonathan A. Draper Draper, Jonathan A. 25

Part II Children and Family

3 What Child Is This?: A Contextual Feminist Literary Analysis of the Child in Matthew 2 / Sharon Betsworth Betsworth, Sharon 49

4 The Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:22-28): Discharging the Stigma of Single Morns in the African American Church / Febbie C. Dickerson Dickerson, Febbie C. 65

5 When Mommy Goes to Work: A Contemporary Analysis of the Canaanite Mother / Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder Crowder, Stephanie Buckhanon 81

6 Matthean "Mothers" and Disenfranchised Hong Kong Working Mothers / Tsui-yuk Louise Liu Liu, Tsui-yuk Louise 93

7 The Emotive Semantics of Asian Context: What Does Jesus' Sorrow in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46) Signify for a Korean Pastor's Kid? / Sung Uk Lim Lim, Sung Uk 113

Part III Disability and Culture

8 Reading Matthew's Healing Narratives from the Perspectives of the Caregiver and the Disabled / James A. Metzger Metzger, James A., James P. Grimshaw Grimshaw, James P. 133

9 Reading Matthew's Gospel with Deaf Culture / L.J. Lawrence Lawrence, L.J. 155

Part IV Laborers and Empire

10 "Why Are You Sitting There?": Reading Matthew 20:1-16 in the Context of Casual Workers in Pietermaritzburg South Africa / Gerald West West, Gerald, Sithembiso Zwane Zwane, Sithembiso 175

11 Reading the Matthean Apocalypse (Matthew 24-25) in the Glocalization Context of Hong Kong's Bourgeois Society and Middle-Class Churches / Lung-pun Common Chan Chan, Lung-pun Common 189

12 Resist No Evil and Save No Money: Reading the Sermon on the Mount for a Christian Social-Economic Ethics in China / John Yieh Yieh, John 211

Part V Community and Borders

13 The Hard Sayings of Jesus in Real-World Context: Reading Matthew 5:38-48 within the Occupied Palestinian Territories / Dorothy Jean Weaver Weaver, Dorothy Jean 231

14 Reading the Gospel of Matthew Ecologically in Oceania: Matthew 4:1-11 as Focal Text / Elaine M. Wainwright Wainwright, Elaine M. 255

15 Matthew 6:9b-13 (The Lord's Prayer): Explorations into a Latino/a Optic on Language and Translation / Francisco Lozada Jr. Lozada, Francisco, Jr. 271

16 Matthew's "Least of These" Theology and Subversion of "Us/Other" Categories / Jeannine K. Brown Brown, Jeannine K. 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-333) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780800699345

0800699343

OCLC:

798615958