Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgment

Part One: 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

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

חרם and חסד

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

Reading the Gaps in the Text: Differing Perspectives

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

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 Two: 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

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

Bibliography

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