“Wherever This Good News Is Proclaimed”: Women and God in the Gospel of Matthew
A careful examination of Matthew's narrative reveals a striking portrait of those who in the patriarchal world of first-century Palestine are largely people of little power and low esteem. To bring God into the story of women is ultimately, for Matthew, to grant women extraordinary and unantici...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Interpretation
Year: 2010, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 391-401 |
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| Summary: | A careful examination of Matthew's narrative reveals a striking portrait of those who in the patriarchal world of first-century Palestine are largely people of little power and low esteem. To bring God into the story of women is ultimately, for Matthew, to grant women extraordinary and unanticipated significance for the life and the faith of the people of God. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002096431006400406 |