The sword motif 'n Matthew 10:34
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The sword motif 'n Matthew 10:34 | |
| Creator | Sim, David C. | |
| Description | 'n Mathew 10:34 Jesus uters a very dificult saying. He claims that he has not come to bring peace, but a sword. The form of this saying does not trace back to the historical Jesus; it is the product of Matthew's redaction of a Q passage which is found 'n a more original form 'n Luke 12:51. What did the evangelist mean when he wrote that Jesus brought a sword? 'n the Hebrew scriptures the sword was acommon symbol for the judgement and punishment of God, and 'n later times it represented a number of themes associated with the eschaton. It is argued 'n this study that Mathew, who was fully immersed 'n the apocalyptic-eschatological traditions of his day, probably used the sword motif 'n Matthew 10:34 to symbolise anumber of important eschatological events. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2000-12-14 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v56i1.1698 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 56, No 1 (2000); 84-104 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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