Article
Repatriating the Canaanite Woman in the Gospel of Matthew
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
Manuscript Type
Article
Abstract (For book reviews see instructions below)
This study argues that Matthew’s replacement of Mark’s “Gentile of Syrophoenician origin” with a “Canaanite woman” (Mark 7:26; Matt 15:22) is part of a wider narrative strategy to portray the land of Israel and its cities as a new Sodom, a new Canaan, a new Egypt, and a new Babylon. The study employs Dale Allison’s six intertextual devices (explicit statement, inexplicit citation or borrowing, similar circumstances, key words or phrases, similar narrative structure, and word order, syllabic sequence, and poetic resonance) to demonstrate a consistent authorial intention while identifying contemporary or near contemporary sources that would affirm the likelihood that a first-century Christian audience would have noted such an intention.
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Disciplines
- Biblical Studies,
- Catholic Studies,
- Christian Denominations and Sects,
- Christianity,
- Comparative Methodologies and Theories,
- Ethics in Religion,
- History of Christianity,
- History of Religions of Eastern Origins,
- History of Religions of Western Origin,
- Liturgy and Worship,
- Missions and World Christianity,
- Practical Theology,
- Religion and
- Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Citation Information
Cedric Vine. "Repatriating the Canaanite Woman in the Gospel of Matthew" (2020) p. 7 - 32 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cedric-vine/14/