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Lex Talionis in Early Judaism and the Exhortation of Jesus in Matthew 5.38-42.
In Matthew 5:38-42, Jesus overrides the Old Testament teaching of ''an eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth'' - the Lex Talionis law - and commands his disciples to turn the other cheek. James Davis asks how Jesus'' teaching in this instance relates to the Old Testament...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2005.
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| Colección: | Library of New Testament studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Matthew 5:38-42, Jesus overrides the Old Testament teaching of ''an eye for eye and a tooth for a tooth'' - the Lex Talionis law - and commands his disciples to turn the other cheek. James Davis asks how Jesus'' teaching in this instance relates to the Old Testament talionic commands, how it relates to New Testament era Judaism and what Jesus required from his disciples and the church. Based on the Old Testament texts such as Leviticus 24, Exodus 22 and Deuteronomy 19, a strong case can be made that the Lex Talionis law was understood to have a literal application there are several texts t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (209 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567362117 0567362116 |