The Matthean Community and the World
An Analysis of Matthew’s Food Exchange
©2008
Monographs
XIV,
278 Pages
Series:
Studies in Biblical Literature, Volume 111
Summary
This study of the Matthean narrative uses the interpretive lens of food exchange to explore the Matthean community’s relationship with the wider world. While many studies depict this community as withdrawing from or in conflict with the larger society, James P. Grimshaw’s focus on the daily need for food reveals a community that, while distinct, progressively integrates itself into the larger Jewish and Gentile society and the natural world. In addition, this view of community corresponds to the view of a God who actively provides for and relates to all creation. Grimshaw’s alternative portrayal of the Matthean community, whose interactions with its surrounding environment are more complex and sustained than often imagined, is a compelling interpretation for today’s stratified and disconnected world.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 278
- Publication Year
- 2008
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453903117
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433100833
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-0311-7
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2008 (August)
- Keywords
- Sozialgeschichtliche Exegese Bible Nahrung N.T. Matthew - criticism Interpretation Anthropology Food in the Bible Matthäusevangelium
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008. XIV, 278 pp.
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