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Acta theol. vol.31 no.2 Bloemfontein  2011       Power and
authority in Matthew's Gospel        FP Viljoen      Francois P
Viljoen, School for Biblical Studies and Ancient Languages,
Faculty of Theology, North-west University (Potchefstroom
campus). E-mai:         Besides the strenuous relation of
Matthew's community with non-Christian kinfolk, his text also
reveals an underlying conflict with Roman Imperial ideology.
Herod, Antipas and Pilate specifically impersonate this foreign
domination. Apparently these figures have unl