Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; 20 August 2023; Proper 15A (RCL); Genesis 45:1-15; Psalm 133; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15:10-28.
I wish we weren’t skipping over so much of the story of Joseph in the Track 1 readings. Last week, Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery, and this week, everything is wonderful. The story of Joseph is really quite troubling. Joseph, acting for the Pharaoh, ends up buying his own people into slavery in exchange for grain. I suspect hidden in this story is some Northern Kingdom/Southern Kingdom antipathy, but that’s a story for another post.
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