Stalin’s biblical hermeneutics: from 2 Thessalonians 3 to Acts 4

This article concerns the creative reinterpretation of two biblical texts in the thought of Joseph Stalin: 2 Thessalonians 3:10 and Acts 4:32 and 35. Indeed, “anyone unwilling to work should not eat” became the hermeneutical frame through which the text from Acts 4, “everything they owned was held i...

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Main Author: Boer, Roland 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Journal of the bible and its reception
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-89
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Stalin, Iosif V. 1878-1953 / Bible. Thessalonicherbrief 2. 3,10 / Bible. Apostelgeschichte 4,32-35 / Reception / Socialism
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
HC New Testament
ZB Sociology
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Acts 4:32-35
B Stalin
B 2 Thessalonians 3:10
B Bible
B Soviet Constitution
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