Jesus – the immigrant Egyptian Jews in Matthew’s Sondergut : a migration perspective

Using pull and push factors inspired by the migration theory, this study explains Matthew’s Sondergut concerning Jesus’ flight to Egypt from the perspective of possible pull–push factors associated with Egypt and Palestine during the first century. Within early Christianity, two perception strands c...

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Published in:Hervormde teologiese studies Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 1 - 5
Main Author: Dube, Zorodzai
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Pretoria AOSIS 2019
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Reformed Theological College of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria and Society for Practical Theology in South Africa
Subjects:
1st century
Allegory
Archaeology
Bible
Christianity
Colonialism
Egypt
Exegesis & hermeneutics
History
Holy Family
Immigration
Interdisciplinary aspects
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Jewish diaspora
Jewish people
Memory
Migration
Narratives
New Testament
Plot (Narrative)
Reception
Refuge
Religion
Theology
Theory
Trauma
Middle East
Israel
France
Egypt
Africa
Reception
Jesus
Refuge
Holy Family
Memory
Egypt
ISSN:0259-9422, 2072-8050, 2072-8050
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Summary:Using pull and push factors inspired by the migration theory, this study explains Matthew’s Sondergut concerning Jesus’ flight to Egypt from the perspective of possible pull–push factors associated with Egypt and Palestine during the first century. Within early Christianity, two perception strands concerning Egypt existed: on the one hand, Jews such as Celsus depicted Egypt negatively as a place of magic and oppression. Yet another perspective portrays Egypt as a place of refuge, recuperation and recovery – a view reflected in Luke-Acts, Matthew and some parts of Mark. Not disregarding views that read the story as Midrash or allegory, this study focuses on Matthew’s Sondergut concerning Jesus’ flight to Egypt as narrative explainable from a positive migration perspective, and argues that the prosperity of Egypt and possible political turmoil in Palestine during the first century give plausible reconstruct for Matthew’s Sondergut regarding Jesus’ flight to Egypt as a place of refuge and sustenance.
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ISSN:0259-9422
2072-8050
2072-8050
DOI:10.4102/hts.v75i4.5256