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Author Blickenstaff, Marianne.

Title While the bridegroom is with them : marriage, family, and violence in the Gospel of Matthew / Marianne Blickenstaff.

Publication Info. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 244 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 292
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 292.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-213) and index.
Summary Interpreters of Matthew's Parable of the Wedding Feast (22.1-14) typically associate the 'king' with God and then justify his violent attacks against city and guests; interpreters of the Parable of the Ten Virgins (25.1-13) typically associate the 'bridegroom' with Jesus and then justify his extreme rejection of the 'foolish virgins.' Questioning such allegorical interpretations, this study first details how Hebrew, Greek, and Roman texts depict - without requiring allegorical understandings - numerous bridegrooms associated not only with joy but also with violence and death. Second, this proj.
Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Dedication; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE BRIDEGROOM AND VIOLENCE; INTRODUCTION TO THE WEDDING PARABLES; Chapter 2 THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST (Mt. 22.1-14); Chapter 3 THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS (Mt. 25.1-13); Chapter 4 THE BRIDEGROOM''S FICTIVE FAMILY; Chapter 5 THE ABSENT BRIDE, ANGELS, AND ANDROGYNY: SEXUALITY IN MATTHEW; Conclusion; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Index of References; Index of Modern Authors.
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Subject Bible. Matthew -- Feminist criticism.
Bible. Matthew.
Feminist criticism.
Bible. Matthew -- Socio-rhetorical criticism.
Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works.
Bible. Matthew -- Feminist criticism.
Bible. Matthew -- Socio-rhetorical criticism.
Bible. Matthieu -- Critique féministe.
Bible. Matthieu -- Critique sociorhétorique.
Marriage -- Biblical teaching.
Marriage -- Biblical teaching.
Families -- Biblical teaching.
Families -- Biblical teaching.
Violence -- Biblical teaching.
Violence -- Biblical teaching.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Marriage.
Other Form: Print version: Blickenstaff, Marianne. While the bridegroom is with them. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2005 0567041123 (DLC) 2005041861 (OCoLC)57731121
ISBN 9780567307170 (electronic book)
0567307174 (electronic book)
0567041123
9780567041128