Matthew 1:1–17: Cultural Subjugation of Women in Shona Communities in Zimbabwe: A Hermeneutical Study

The space accorded women in the genealogy of Jesus Christ glowingly typifies subordination African communities generally. Appositionally, 42 men against five are mentioned family tree Matthew 1:1–17. domination males lineage rebuts theology as “the seed woman” (Compton 2018, 1; Hamilton 2006, 30; Luther 1958, 192). relegation to a silhouetted horizon ancestral manner which Shona traditions Zimbabwe peripheralise issues property and inheritance (Kambarami 7; Ncube 1996, 9; Riphenburg 1997, 33). In this article, I interrogate status Matthean light patriarchal suppression rights Zimbabwe.