In the Bosom of Abraham: The Name and Role of Poor Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31
This study examines the name and role of the poor man in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. An intertextual reading through the lens of Septuagint Genesis and Job reveals the character of Lazarus to be a seamless weave of suffering Job and Eliezer the Servant of Abraham. The t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Novum Testamentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 2-24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Intertextuality
/ Abraham, Biblical person
/ Job Biblical character
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Abraham
B Lazarus B Occupation B Eliezer B Luke B intertextual B rich man |
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| Summary: | This study examines the name and role of the poor man in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. An intertextual reading through the lens of Septuagint Genesis and Job reveals the character of Lazarus to be a seamless weave of suffering Job and Eliezer the Servant of Abraham. The testings, death and burial, thigh oath, and long journeys in Genesis 22-24, involving the closely bound Abraham and Eliezer, with supplementation from sore-covered Job who experienced sequential reversals between rich to poor, converge as the base literary template for Luke's Abraham and Lazarus. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341650 |