Colonization of Land in Matthew''s Gospel - A Land Promised

The Colonization of Land in Matthew's Gospel proposes a reading of Matthew's Gospel that constructs geographical land as a colonized subject that will be released from Roman control and reasserted under God's rule at Jesus' return. This book brings awareness to the use of the Gospel to justify colonial ideologies over people and their lands.

List of contents

Chapter One: Roman Control and Land Domination in the First Century CE
Chapter Two: The Women in Matthew's Genealogy as Personified Land
Chapter Three: Jesus Emmanuel and God's Colonizing Presence over the Land
Chapter Four: Righteousness as Divine Saving Presence in the Land
Chapter Five: Matthew's Eschatological Material and the Culmination of Land Promises

About the author

By Maziel Barreto Dani

Product details

• Authors: Maziel Dani, Maziel Barreto Dani
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2024
• EAN: 9781978710320
• ISBN: 978-1-978710-32-0
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis