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by Mary Stromer Hanson (Author)
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.
Author Biography
Mary Stromer Hanson is a recent graduate of Denver Seminary. Mary has particular interest in Christian feminism and studies of women in the Bible and is also the author of Ten Bold Girls of the Bible.
