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Episode 6: John the Baptizer, Matthew 3:1-17
Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
English - March 20, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 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
Previous Episode: Episode 5: The Flight into Egypt, Matthew 2:13-18
Next Episode: Episode 7: The Temptations, Matthew 4:1-11
If this series has not been controversial already, it gets even more controversial in this episode. I make the claim that Jesus joins a liberation movement already in progress to get his start as "Messiah." Also I will assert that temples in the ancient world were government institutions that served as mechanisms through which the ruling classes controlled the people. A significant part of the movement of John the Baptizer was to undercut temple authority.