Matthew studies today – a willingness to suspect and a willingness to listen

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Matthew studies today – a willingness to suspect and a willingness to listen
 
Creator van Aarde, Andries G. Dreyer, Yolanda
 
Subject — Canaanite mother; Gospel of Matthew; hermeneutical arc; hermeneutics of suspicion; Mary; male disciples and women; mother of the sons of Zebedee; Paul Ricoeur
Description The aim of the article is to describe the state of Matthean studies by means of Paul Ricoeur’s notion of the ‘hermeneutical arc’. The focus will be on the relationship of women in Matthew’s gospel to the male disciples. The article’s point of departure is that Matthean exegesis is at a crossroads. Pivotal to proceeding beyond the crossroads is the hermeneutical aspect of a willingness to suspect and a willingness to listen. Such a willingness includes suspicion with regard to outdated values explicitly advocated by the text and a genuine listening to unarticulated voices that remain hidden because of ideologies that render them inaudible. In the process of understanding, the focus should be on issues of morality rather than on the mere accumulation of knowledge. Seen from this perspective, the article provides a preview of facets in Matthean studies that could become prominent in future.
 
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Date 2010-07-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
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Identifier 10.4102/hts.v66i1.820
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 66, No 1 (2010); 10 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/820/1070 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/820/836 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/820/793
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2010 Andries G. van Aarde, Yolanda Dreyer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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