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dc.contributor.upauthor | Sim, David C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-11T07:39:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-11T07:39:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
dc.description | Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDF | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | From the second century onwards the Christian tradition has almost without exception accepted that the magi in Matthew's infancy narrative were Gentiles, and this view also completely dominates modern Matthean studies. Yet this identification of the magi as Gentiles is built upon a number of unconvincing arguments, which fail to stand up to closer scrutiny. A re-assessment of the evidence reveals that the evangelist did not stipulate the racial origins of the magi. They may have been Gentiles, but it is equally plausible that they were Jews. | en |
dc.description.uri | http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1001341 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sim, DC 1999, 'The magi : Gentiles or Jews?', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 980-1000. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9422 (print) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15635 | |
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_US |
dc.subject | Christian tradition | en |
dc.subject | Matthew | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Magi | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Infancy narratives (Gospels) | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Bible -- N.T. -- Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gentiles in the New Testament | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Jews in the New Testament | en |
dc.title | The magi : Gentiles or Jews? | en |
dc.type | Article | en |