The sword motif in Matthew 10:34

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dc.contributor.upauthor Sim, David C.
dc.date.accessioned 2011-01-07T11:45:15Z
dc.date.available 2011-01-07T11:45:15Z
dc.date.issued 2000
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dc.description.abstract In Matthew 10:34 Jesus utters a very difficult 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 in a more original form in Luke 12:51. What did the evangelist mean when he wrote that Jesus brought a sword? In the Hebrew scriptures the sword was a common symbol for the judgement and punishment of God, and in later times it represented a number of themes associated with the eschaton. It is argued in this study that Matthew, who was fully immersed in the apocalyptic-eschatological traditions of his day, probably used the sword motif in Matthew 10:34 to symbolise a number of important eschatological events. en
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dc.identifier.citation Sim, DC 2000, 'The sword motif in Matthew 10:34', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 84-104. en
dc.identifier.issn 0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15500
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en_US
dc.rights Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en
dc.subject Matthew 10:34 en
dc.subject Sword motif en
dc.subject Apocalyptic-eschatological traditions en
dc.subject Historical Jesus en
dc.subject.lcsh Bible -- N.T. -- Matthew X, 34 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. en
dc.subject.lcsh Jesus Christ -- Words en
dc.title The sword motif in Matthew 10:34 en
dc.type Article en


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