Martha and Mary: Why at Luke 10,38-42?

Given that Luke has wide freedom to arrange his stories as he thinks best, one looks to the material surrounding the story of Mary and Martha to better understand why that story is in its present place. It seems best to think of this story as an affirmation of the teaching of the ‘one thing necessar...

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Main Author: Kilgallen, John J. 1934-2019 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2003
In: Biblica
Year: 2003, Volume: 84, Issue: 4, Pages: 554-561
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Summary:Given that Luke has wide freedom to arrange his stories as he thinks best, one looks to the material surrounding the story of Mary and Martha to better understand why that story is in its present place. It seems best to think of this story as an affirmation of the teaching of the ‘one thing necessary’, the teaching within the story of the Good Samaritan. Indeed, the Mary-Martha story underlines the Lucan emphasis on the primacy of all Jesus’ teaching.
ISSN:2385-2062
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