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A Parody of Pedigree: Matthew 1:1-16
Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
English - February 13, 2020 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality News Politics bible gospel matthew jesus liberationist sociopolitical literature theology exegetical gospel of matthew Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Next Episode: Episode 2: The Virgin Birth, Matthew 1:18-25
In this episode, I describe how the genealogy in Matthew is actually a parody of a genealogy. In the gospel in which Jesus instructs his followers to "call no one on earth 'father,'" this list of fathers is intentionally ironic.
I also talk about other "trickster" texts in the Bible such as the praise of King Solomon and the story of the rise of Joseph to the second most powerful person in Egypt. These stories are not what they appear to be.