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Matthew and the Margins: A Socio-Political and Religious Reading is unavailable, but you can change that!

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 community that can resist the dominant...

resources, numerous scholarly and publishing opportunities, prestige in scholarly guilds or ecclesial groups, stable political and social environments, and often comfortable salaries and lifestyles, to think about Matthew on and from the margins. But, while difficult, it is not impossible. We can learn to see as others see, at least to some extent. We can listen to others’ experiences of the cultural margins because of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation,
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