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Browsing by UP Author "Weaver, Dorothy Jean"
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Weaver, Dorothy Jean
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-19)
This article sketches the broad outlines of Matthew’s ironic portrayal of children, examining
first the ‘lower level’ of the narrative (i.e. the way things appear to be in the everyday world)
and then the ‘upper level’ ...
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Weaver, Dorothy Jean
(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
The New Testament depicts a world caught in the throes of an apocalyptic power struggle between the forces of God the Creator and the cosmic powers of evil. This study identifies two contrasting and complementary New ...
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Weaver, Dorothy Jean
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)
Matthew’s Gospel has much to say about ‘suffering violence’. As Jesus comments (11:12,
NRSV), ‘From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered
violence, and the violent take it by force’. ...
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Weaver, Dorothy Jean
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
To read Matthew’s Gospel within the global context is to read this narrative vis-à-vis the urgent challenges facing the global community. One such challenge concerns the exercise of political power within the public arena. ...
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Weaver, Dorothy Jean
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-10)
To read the Gospel of Matthew within its 1st century religious context is to read an intensely
Jewish narrative. Central to the world of this Gospel are the Jerusalem temple, its administrators,
the chief priests, and ...
