The Agricultural Background of the Harvest Logion in Matthew 9.37–8 and Luke (Q) 10.2

The saying in Matthew 9.37-8 and Luke (Q) 10.2 reads as follows: ‘He said to his disciples: The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to dispatch workers into his harvest’. The present study attempts to illuminate this logion by considering its setting in firs...

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Main Author: Howes, Llewellyn 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2023
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-75
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Matthäusevangelium 9,37-38 / Bible. Lukasevangelium 10,2 / Harvest / Agriculture / Israel (Antiquity) / Jesus Christus / Logia
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Jesus
B Background
B Ancient
B Agriculture
B saying
B HARVEST
B Palestine
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Summary:The saying in Matthew 9.37-8 and Luke (Q) 10.2 reads as follows: ‘He said to his disciples: The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to dispatch workers into his harvest’. The present study attempts to illuminate this logion by considering its setting in first-century Palestine. The focus here is not on the logion's possible metaphorical application, but on the literal saying, which involves ancient agriculture.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688522000303