Matthew and the Margins

by Warren Carter

Book Overview

A comprehensive, provocative commentary on Matthew that emphasizes the roles of marginality and empire. This detailed commentary presents the Gospel of Matthew as a counter-narrative, showing that it is a work of resistance written from and for a minority community of disciples committed to Jesus, the agent of God's saving presence. It was written and functions to shape the identity and lifestyle of the early community of Jesus' followers as an alternative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841271691
• ISBN13: 9781841271699
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 9.4" x 6.3"