Prison, Penance or Purgatory: The Interpretation of Matthew 5.25-6 and Parallels
Scholarship on Matt 5.25-6 has focused on the question of whether the saying offers mundane wisdom or threatens divine judgement, with the majority concluding that it refers to eternal punishment in hell. This article examines debt-prison and related phenomena before turning to the illuminating hist...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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New Testament studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 162-177 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Matthäusevangelium 5,25-26
/ Exegesis
/ Church
/ Schuldhaft
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RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity XA Law |
Further subjects: | B
Prison
B Luke 12.57-9 B Debt B Sin B Purgatory B Matthew 5.25-6 B Didache 1.5 |
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