Loba-Mkole, Jean-Claude2015-05-112015-05-112014Loba-Mkole, J-C 2014, 'Beyond just wages : an intercultural analysis of Matthew 20: 1-16', Journal of Early Christian History, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 112-134.2222-582Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/45079The present study offers an intercultural exegesis of Matt 20:1-16 and shows how it provides grounds for alleviating poverty and promoting justice which goes beyond just wages. This exegesis proceeds through a constructive dialogue between a contemporary culture, a church culture and an original biblical culture. After a detailed presentation of intercultural exegesis, the concept of just wages is examined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its neighbour Rwanda before exploring it in a Catholic Church culture and in an original Matthean culture. Rephrased in words borrowed from G. West, ‘the world in front of the text’ is here represented by a contemporary target culture, while both ‘the world in the text’ and ‘the world behind the text’ rhyme with an original biblical culture; and finally a Catholic Church culture stands for ‘the world around the text.’ The word ‘text’ refers to Christian canonical scriptures.en© Unisa PressIntercultural biblical analysisGospel of MatthewDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)RwandaDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)Article