It takes the average reader 6 hours to read The Irony of Power by Dorothy Jean Weaver
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This volume engages the Gospel of Matthew in full awareness of its inherently political character. Weaver situates Matthew's version of the "good news of the kingdom" squarely within the "real world" of first-century Palestine and its occupying power, the Roman Empire. The essays here focus prominently and collectively on the issues of power and violence that not only pervade the historically occupied Jewish community of first-century Palestine, but also are clearly visible throughout Matthew's narrative account. A "lower-level" reading of the Matthean text offers a bleak portrait of the...
The Irony of Power by Dorothy Jean Weaver is 360 pages long, and a total of 90,000 words.
This makes it 121% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 11 minutes to read The Irony of Power aloud.
The Irony of Power is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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