Hurtado on the Syro-Phoenician woman episode (Mark 7:24-30)

A worthwhile read from Prof. Hurtado on a passage that troubles most of us who hold the New Testament as sacred text:
http://larryhurtado.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/dogs-doggies-and-exegesis/

Be sure to read both of his posts on this passage.

The most recent publication on this passage is by Anne Lapidus Lerner in this book.

-anthony