The Taming of the Canaanite Woman : Constructions of Christian Identity in the Afterlife of Matthew 15:21-28 (Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) 1) (2013. X, 317 S. 230 mm)

Current reception histories emphasize the world of Biblical readers, their socio-historical contexts, and the myriad effects of Biblical exegesis. This reception history studies interpretations of Jesus' encounter with a Canaanite woman (Matt 15:21-28) as normative "scripts" that exhort specific types of compliance in a broad range of historical and cultural settings, revealing remarkably diverse understandings of Christian identity and community.