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)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2019]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-32
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Lukasevangelium 4,16-30 / Vita Aesopi / Blasphemy / Execution / Overthrow / Cliffs
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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