Sidonians among the indigenous people who had not been driven out of the land by the time of Joshua’s death (Josh 13:6). The connection with messianic nationalism is also made by the title “son of David,” with which the woman herself—remarkably, since this title should make Jesus her enemy—uses to address Jesus (15:22). But this title, of course, also evokes the genealogy that, at the opening of the Gospel, both established Jesus’ right to the title and also gave a preliminary indication of what