Das "Salz der Erde" ist kein "Salz"

The saying “you are salt to the world“ (Matt 5,13║) will present difficulties for interpreters as long as their attempt is based on the assumption the salt here mentioned is cooking salt. The paradox can be solved, however, if one starts from the idea that the salt is saltpetre. Saltpetre was a comm...

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Published in:Biblische Notizen
Main Author: Dämmgen, Ulrich (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Herder 2011
In: Biblische Notizen
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Salt of the earth / Salt
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
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Summary:The saying “you are salt to the world“ (Matt 5,13║) will present difficulties for interpreters as long as their attempt is based on the assumption the salt here mentioned is cooking salt. The paradox can be solved, however, if one starts from the idea that the salt is saltpetre. Saltpetre was a commodity that was already being produced and traded during the period that Jesus lived.
Die Deutung des Wortes „Ihr seid das Salz der Erde“ (Mt 5,13║) bleibt schwierig, solange man annimmt, dass es sich hierbei um Speisesalz handelt. Die Widersprüche entfallen, wenn man davon ausgeht, dass das Salz Salpeter ist. Salpeter wurde zu Lebzeiten Jesu erzeugt und war Handelsware.
ISSN:0178-2967
Contains:In: Biblische Notizen