While the bridegroom is with them : marriage, family, and violence in the Gospel of Matthew / Marianne Blickenstaff.

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.

Marriage--Biblical teaching.

Marriage.

Families--Biblical teaching.

Families.

Violence--Biblical teaching.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark International, c2005.

Language Note:

English

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. Second, this proj

Contents:

Cover; Editorial Board; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE BRIDEGROOM AND VIOLENCE; INTRODUCTION TO THE WEDDING PARABLES; Chapter 2 THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST (Mt. 22.1-14); Chapter 3 THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS (Mt. 25.1-13); Chapter 4 THE BRIDEGROOM'S FICTIVE FAMILY; Chapter 5 THE ABSENT BRIDE, ANGELS, AND ANDROGYNY: SEXUALITY IN MATTHEW; Conclusion; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Index of References; Index of Modern Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613196699

9781283196697

1283196697

9780567307170

0567307174

OCLC:

741690964