TY - BOOK AU - Blickenstaff,Marianne TI - While the bridegroom is with them: marriage, family, and violence in the Gospel of Matthew T2 - Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series SN - 9780567307170 (electronic bk.) AV - BS2575.6.M3 B55 2005eb U1 - 226.2/06 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - T & T Clark International KW - Bible KW - Matthew KW - Feminist criticism KW - Socio-rhetorical criticism KW - N.T KW - Matthieu KW - Critique f�eministe KW - Critique sociorh�etorique KW - Marriage KW - Biblical teaching KW - Families KW - Violence KW - Bible. N.T. Matthew KW - Religion KW - Mariage KW - Enseignement biblique KW - Famille KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - New Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts KW - Sociale verhoudingen KW - gtt KW - Matthe�us (bijbelboek) KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-213) and index N2 - Interpreters of Matthew's Parable of the Wedding Feast (22.1-14) typically associate the 'king' with God and then justify his violent attacks against city and guests; interpreters of the Parable of the Ten Virgins (25.1-13) typically associate the 'bridegroom' with Jesus and then justify his extreme rejection of the 'foolish virgins.' Questioning such allegorical interpretations, this study first details how Hebrew, Greek, and Roman texts depict - without requiring allegorical understandings - numerous bridegrooms associated not only with joy but also with violence and death. Second, this proj UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=378333 ER -