The taming of the Canaanite woman : constructions of Christian identity in the afterlife of Matthew 15:21-28 /
Nancy Klancher.
- 1 online resource (327 pages).
- Studies of the bible and its reception ; v. 1 .
- Studies of the Bible and its reception ; v. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Current reception histories emphasize the world of Biblical readers, their socio-historical contexts, and the myriad effects of Biblical exegesis. This reception history studies interpretations of Jesus' encounter with a Canaanite woman (Matt 15:21-28) as normative "scripts" that exhort specific types of compliance in a broad range of historical and cultural settings, revealing remarkably diverse understandings of Christian identity and community.