Mothers on the Margin

Preface
Acknowledgment

Part 1: The Five Mothers of Matthew's Genealogy

1 Introduction: The Genesis of a Thesis
Why Women?
Hermeneutical Stance and Reading Strategy
Methodology

2 Matthew's Genealogy
The Genealogy
The Women of the Genealogy

3 Tamar
Preliminary Remarks
Narrative Analysis of the Hebrew Stories
A Narrative Reading of Tamar's Story
Androcentric and Feminist Perspectives
Tamar's Inclusion in Matthew's Genealogy

4 Rahab
Preliminary Remarks
A Narrative Reading of Rahab's Story -Joshua 2:1-24
A Narrative Reading of Rahab's Story - Joshua 6:15-25
The Contrast with Achan
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Feminist Perspectives
Rahab's Inclusion in Matthew's Genealogy

5 Ruth
Ruth, Rahab, and Tamar
A Narrative Reading of Ruth's Story
Feminist Perspectives
Ruth's Inclusion in Matthew's Genealogy
Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth

6 "She of Uriah"
Bathsheba in the Old Testament
Bathsheba's Story in 2 Samuel 11-12
A Narrative Reading of Bathsheba's Story
The Inclusion of "she of Uriah" in Matthew's Genealogy

7 Mary
Mary's Relationship to the Four Foremothers
Mary in Matthew 1:16-17
A Narrative Reading of Mary's Story
Feminist Perspectives
Mary in Matthew's Gospel
Mary's Relationship with "she of Uriah"
The Five Women of the Genealogy: Their Relationship to One
Another and Matthew's Gospel Narrative

Part 2: The Collective Significance of the Women for the ongoing Gospel Narrative

8 Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth: Aspects of Matthean Discipleship
Righteousness in Matthew
Faith in Matthew
Mercy in Matthew
Conclusion

9 Others on the Margin in Matthew's Gospel
Marginality in Matthew
The Women as Representative of the Marginalized in Matthew's
Gospel
Outsiders in Matthew's Story
Marginalized Jews
The Gentile Outsiders
Conclusion

10 Women in Matthew's Narrative Life
Introductory Comments
A Gendered Reading
Characters in Matthew's Story
Matthew 3-25: Women in the Main Narrative Section
Matthew 26-28: Women in the Passion and Resurrection Narrative
A Positive Gynocentric Counternarrative

11 Conclusion: Mothers on the Margin? Matthew's Call to Conversion

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