Throw the Blasphemer off a Cliff: Luke 4.16-30 in Light of the Life of Aesop

In Jesus' sermon at Nazareth in Luke (4.16-30), his reminder that Elijah had aided non-Jews (vv. 26-7) is met with an unusual death sentence - to throw Jesus from a cliff. This has been conceptually and geographically vexing for scholars. This paper reads the passage beside the Life of Aesop, i...

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Authors: Froelich, Margaret (Author) ; Phillips, Thomas E. (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Cambridge Univ. Press [2019]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2019, 卷: 65, 发布: 1, Pages: 21-32
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel. Lukasevangelium 4,16-30 / Vita Aesopi / 亵渎 / 处决 / Sturz / Steilhang
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HC New Testament
Further subjects:B execution
B Nazareth
B Aesop
B Blasphemy
B cliff
B Luke
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总结:In Jesus' sermon at Nazareth in Luke (4.16-30), his reminder that Elijah had aided non-Jews (vv. 26-7) is met with an unusual death sentence - to throw Jesus from a cliff. This has been conceptually and geographically vexing for scholars. This paper reads the passage beside the Life of Aesop, in which the Delphians condemn the fabulist to the same fate for blasphemy (130-42). Aesop's offence, like Jesus', is to malign the special status of the Delphians before their god. The Lukan Evangelist's use of the same manner of death for the same type of speech act indicates that the crowd at Nazareth has condemned Jesus for blasphemy.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688518000267