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The Obedient Son

Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew

By: Brandon D. Crowe

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The Obedient Son

Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew

By: Brandon D. Crowe

It has often been observed that Jesus’ filial obedience is an important Matthean theme. In this work the author argues that the articulation of Jesus as Son of God in Matthew is significantly influenced by the Deuteronomic concept of obedient sonship. After noting the complexities of Matthew’s use of Scripture – including the subtle ways he engages texts – Deuteronomy’s pervasive influence in ancient Judaism and Christianity is considered. It is argued that the requirement of Israel’s covenantal obedience as God’s son(s) is a major concern in Deuteronomy, as well as in other Jewish and Christian texts that appear to echo Deuteronomy. Indeed, it is argued that a pattern can be detected in which the sonship of Israel is invoked either to summon Israel to obedience, or to rebuke the nation for disobedience. The author concludes that the necessity of Israel’s obedient sonship is an important part of Matthew’s interpretive milieu that derives ultimately from Deuteronomy, and our understanding of Matthean Christology is greatly enhanced when viewed in this context. This study may further help us understand why Matthew’s concern with obedient sonship applies not only to Jesus uniquely, but also to the early Christian community.

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296

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110279916

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9783110279917

While the Mississippi and Hudson Merge

A Roman À Clef

By: Brandon Astor Jones

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While the Mississippi and Hudson Merge

A Roman À Clef

By: Brandon Astor Jones

Wilson Brown, an escaped slave, was indeed awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour for his heroic actions under the Command of Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay. The novel depicts most graphically the life of African-Americans under slavery. Just as Wilson Brown was able to preserve his dignity and worth as a human being under extraordinarily trying circumstances, so too has Brandon resurrected his authentic self-hood.

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244

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iUniverse

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0595484131

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9780595484133

The Battle of Okolona: Defending the Mississippi Prairie

By: Brandon H. Beck

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The Battle of Okolona: Defending the Mississippi Prairie

By: Brandon H. Beck

In February 1864, General William Sooy Smith led a force of over seven thousand cavalry on a raid into the Mississippi Prairie, bringing fire and destruction to one of the very few breadbaskets remaining in the Confederacy. Smith's raid was part of General William T. Sherman's campaign to march across Mississippi from Vicksburg to destroy the railroad junction at Meridian. Both Smith and Sherman intended to burn everything in their path that could aid in the Southern war effort. It was a harbinger of things to come in Georgia, South Carolina and the Shenandoah Valley. But neither reckoned with General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest's small Confederate cavalry force defeated Smith in a running battle that stretched from West Point to Okolona and beyond. Forrest's victory prevented Smith from joining Sherman and saved the Prairie from total destruction. Join Civil War historian Brandon Beck as he narrates this exciting story, with all the realities and color of cavalry warfare in the Deep South. Also included is a brief guided tour of the extant sites, preserved for future generations by the Friends of the Battle of Okolona, Inc.

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101

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614230447

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9781614230441

The World Colonization Made

The Racial Geography of Early American Empire

By: Brandon Mills

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The World Colonization Made

The Racial Geography of Early American Empire

By: Brandon Mills

According to accepted historical wisdom, the goal of the African Colonization Society (ACS), founded in 1816 to return freed slaves to Africa, was borne of desperation and illustrated just how intractable the problems of race and slavery had become in the nineteenth-century United States. But for Brandon Mills, the ACS was part of a much wider pattern of national and international expansion. Similar efforts on the part of the young nation to create, in Thomas Jefferson's words, an "empire of liberty," spanned Native removal, the annexation of Texas and California, filibustering campaigns in Latin America, and American missionary efforts in Hawaii, as well as the founding of Liberia in 1821. Mills contends that these diverse currents of U.S. expansionism were ideologically linked and together comprised a capacious colonization movement that both reflected and shaped a wide range of debates over race, settlement, citizenship, and empire in the early republic. The World Colonization Made chronicles the rise and fall of the colonization movement as a political force within the United States—from its roots in the crises of the Revolutionary era, to its peak with the creation of the ACS, to its ultimate decline with emancipation and the Civil War. The book interrogates broader issues of U.S. expansion, including the progression of federal Indian policy, the foundations and effects of the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny, and the growth of U.S. commercial and military power throughout the Western hemisphere. By contextualizing the colonization movement in this way, Mills shows how it enabled Americans to envision a world of self-governing republics that harmonized with racial politics at home.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812252500

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9780812252507

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The Obedient Son

The Obedient Son

While the Mississippi and Hudson Merge

While the Mississippi and Hudson Merge

The Battle of Okolona: Defending the Mississippi Prairie

The Battle of Okolona: Defending the Mississippi Prairie

The World Colonization Made

The World Colonization Made

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