Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel

Dec 19 2023 34
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This podcast takes a journey through the Gospel of Matthew, unpacking its story of Jesus as a peasant leader of a nonviolent movement for a new society that he calls “The Kingdom of Heaven.” Each episode explores literary, cultural and historical context, passage by passage.

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