New Perspective on Mary and Martha
Subtitle: Do Not Preach Mary and Martha Again until You Read This!
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781620324813
Description: The New Perspective on Mary and Martha gives Mary and Martha a total makeover. No longer is this familiar passage about prioritizing spiritual pursuits over the tyranny of the practical. The results of a close reading of the text and careful exegesis of the Greek has Martha escaping the kitchen and Mary is not even in the house! Martha is still overly worried, not about housework, but over the much more understandable concern about her (younger) sister. Mary, who is out of the village, follows her call, ministering on the road with Jesus. Luke 10:38-42 is about discipleship, ministry, trust, and the new family of Jesus.