Our text is Matthew 15:21-28, the Syro-Phoenician Woman. Bailey notes that most western Christians are embarrassed by how Jesus puts this woman through the wringer before He grants her request. The rhetorical flow of the passage is ABCBA. A. The woman’s request B. Jesus is for Israel C. The Parable of Children, Dogs and Bread…
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JTMEE: Chapter 15a
I had a sense I wouldn’t like this one, and I don’t. Bailey buys into the idea that pious Jews hiked around Samaria, crossing the Jordan twice to avoid it. This has been debunked generously; there’s no evidence whatsoever. He also pushes the envelope calling this Samaritan woman the first female preacher of the gospel….
JTMEE: Chapter 14b
Bailey notes that, since Jesus allowed women to be His disciples, we would expect His message to include them. It’s only natural that some of His parables would feature imagery peculiar to their experiences, and significant women in history, alongside a similar mention of men. In Luke’s Gospel we find the following: 1. The Widow…
JTMEE: Chapter 14a
The next seven chapters of Bailey’s book are about Jesus and women. This chapter is the introduction to the wider subject. He rightly notes that the Hebrew culture was a clear departure from the broader Ancient Near Eastern view of women. Yet he offers very little beyond that. The Law of Moses is the first…
JTMEE: Chapter 4
This chapter begins with a summary of Herod as a complex man. Ethnically Arab (Nabatean), he was born into the Idumean kingdom after Hyrcanus had forcibly converted them. He married into the Hasmonean family to seize the throne of Judea. His first language was Greek, and his politics were quite Roman. As a younger man,…
JTMEE: Chapter 2
I’ll start with a personal note. Because of the time I’ve spent counseling others, along with reading and interacting with Christian Manosphere blogs, I can safely conclude that my wife is a rare treasure. She’s like an alien creature untouched by mainstream feminist culture. She is morally mature and I’ve never had to play headgames…