{"id":101281,"date":"2017-10-06T00:06:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=101281"},"modified":"2017-10-05T21:18:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T04:18:15","slug":"jesus-canaanite-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2017\/10\/jesus-canaanite-woman.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus and the Canaanite Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicweekly.com.au\/mark-shea-jesus-and-the-canaanite-woman-introduction-to-a-study\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Introduction to a Study.<\/a> My latest over at The Catholic Weekly, in which we will take an in-depth look at a difficult text, some problematic interpretations of it, and what I think is the most reasonable reading of it. Here\u2019s a taste, but click on the link above for the whole smack:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is, to be sure, a difficult text. Perhaps you have heard some variation on this style of interpretation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gospel: Jesus is challenged by the Canaanite woman to see that his ministry extends to all. He changes his mind, learning from a wise woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMartinSJ\/status\/760816063546351617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\nI have problems with this interpretation of the story, but I think that at least the case can be made that Fr Martin\u2019s gloss is within the pale of Catholic orthodoxy (as long as we include a lot of nuance and careful thinking). But saying that, I also think it highly likely that it will be misread and misunderstood badly.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because I have seen it done \u2013 and by a priest in a homily no less. I was on a Scouting trip and we stopped in at a local parish on our drive back from the boonies (what you Aussies call the Bush) and were treated to a homily on this text which informed the tender ears of our charges that, \u201cEven Jesus had to learn to overcome his sin of racism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>My jaw hit the floor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Come explore with me how to approach this emphatically wrong reading of the text as well as less emphatically wrong\u2013but still wrong\u2013readings and even reasonable and nourishing ones.  You\u2019ll learn a bunch of stuff about how to read Scripture in light of the Tradition and in light of the biblical scholarship encouraged by Holy Church in light of Pius XII\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xii_enc_30091943_divino-afflante-spiritu.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Divino Afflante Spiritu<\/em><\/a>. Promise!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to a Study. My latest over at The Catholic Weekly, in which we will take an in-depth look at a difficult text, some problematic interpretations of it, and what I think is the most reasonable reading of it. Here\u2019s a taste, but click on the link above for the whole smack: This is, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-101281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-scripture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jesus and the Canaanite Woman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Introduction to a Study. 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