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Mothers on the Margin - The Significance of the Women in Matthew's Genealogy (Paperback)
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Mothers on the Margin - The Significance of the Women in Matthew's Genealogy (Paperback)
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The Gospel of Matthew opens with a patrilineal genealogy of Jesus
that intriguingly includes five women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, 'she of
Uriah', and Mary. In a gospel that has a strongly Jewish and
male-orientated outlook, why are women incorporated? Particularly,
why include these four Old Testament women alongside Mary?
Rejecting traditional as well as feminist views, E. Anne Clements
undertakes a close literary reading of the narratives to discern
how each woman is characterised and presented. All are significant
scriptural figures on the margins of Israelite society. From this
intertextual world established by Matthew, Clements explores why
Matthew may have named these women in the opening genealogy and
what implications their inclusion may have for the ongoing gospel
narrative. Mothers on the Margin? argues that Matthew's Gospel
contains a counter narrative focused on women. The presence of the
five women in the genealogy indicates that the birth of the Messiah
will bring about a crisis in Israel's identity in terms of
ethnicity, marginality, and gender. The women signal that Matthew's
Gospel is concerned with the construal of a new identity for the
people of God.
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