Interpreting the Gospel of Matthew in light of current global realities: A response

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Interpreting the Gospel of Matthew in light of current global realities: A response
 
Creator Ulrich, Daniel W.
 
Subject — Gospel of Matthew; Society of Biblical Literature; hermeneutics; Matthean texts; Biblical interpretation in a global context
Description This article consists of a response to fi ve papers presented by John Y.H. Yieh (Virginia Theological Seminary), Andries van Aarde (University of Pretoria), Dorothy Jean Weaver (Eastern Mennonite Seminary), Laura Anderson (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley), and Lidija Novakovic (Baylor University, Waco), presented at the Matthew Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, held in Boston (Massachusetts), 21–25 November 2008. This response focuses on three questions: How can awareness of diverse perspectives or global realities enhance readers’ understandings of the Gospel of Matthew? In what ways might the Gospel of Matthew address global problems such as poverty, injustice and violence? To what extent do readers need a hermeneutics of suspicion in order to interpret Matthew responsibly in light of current global realities?
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2009-11-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v65i1.323
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 65, No 1 (2009); 3 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2009 Daniel W. Ulrich https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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