Arms and The Man: A Response to Dale Martin’s ‘Jesus in Jerusalem: Armed and Not Dangerous’

Did Jesus oppose the temple? Did he predict its destruction? Against the recent proposals of Dale Martin, this article argues that the evidence is controvertible. However, the article does agree that Jesus’ followers were probably armed with μάχαιραι; but so was a significant proportion of Jerusalem’...

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Main Author: Fredriksen, Paula 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2015
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2015, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 312-325
Further subjects:B rebel
B Temple
B Jesus
B Passover
B Jerusalem
B swords
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Summary:Did Jesus oppose the temple? Did he predict its destruction? Against the recent proposals of Dale Martin, this article argues that the evidence is controvertible. However, the article does agree that Jesus’ followers were probably armed with μάχαιραι; but so was a significant proportion of Jerusalem’s male population, specifically at Passover. These ‘arms’, then, cannot explain Jesus’ arrest and execution.
ISSN:1745-5294
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0142064X14566371