The irony of power : the politics of God within Matthew's narrative / Dorothy Jean Weaver ; foreword by David Rhoads.

• Part I. Taking the wide view: confronting the powers across the New Testament. Resistance and nonresistance: New Testament perspectives on confronting the powers -- Part II. Matthew and the irony of power: the view from the top down. Power and powerlessness: Matthew's use of irony in the portrayal of political leaders -- "Thus you will know them by their fruits": the Roman characters of the gospel of Matthew -- "What is that to us? See to it yourself": making atonement and the Matthean portrait of the Jewish chief priests -- "They did to him whatever they pleased": the exercise of political power within Matthew's narrative -- Part III. Matthew and the irony of power: the view from the bottom up. Rewriting the messianic script: Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus -- Transforming nonresistance: from lex talionis to "do not resist the evil one" -- The hard sayings of Jesus in real-world context: reading Matthew 5:38-48 within the Occupied Palestinian Territories -- "As sheep in the midst of wolves": mission and peace in the gospel of Matthew -- "Suffering violence" and the kingdom of heaven (Matt 11:12): a Matthean manual for life in a time of war -- "Wherever this good news is proclaimed": women and God in the gospel of Matthew -- Inheriting the earth: towards a geotheology of Matthew's narrative -- Epilogue: An Advent meditation from Bethlehem, Christmas 2000: the God who is "with us".

Ämnesord

Politik i Bibeln  (sao)

Politics in the Bible.  (LCSH)

Politics in the Bible.  (fast)

Macht  (gnd)

Allmacht  (gnd)

Politics in the Bible  (LCSH)

Genre

Criticism, interpretation, etc.  (fast)

Titel

Bible. Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Matthew.

Bibeln. Matteusevangeliet

Klassifikation

BS2555.52 (LCC)

226.06 (DDC)

Ccba (kssb/8 (machine generated))