Salt for the earthen oven revisited
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Pilch, John J.
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OpenJournals Publishing
Abstract
The symbolic interpretation of the salt sayings in the New Testament (Mt 5:13; Mk 9:42–50;
Lk 12:49–53; 14:34–35) is best based on the long-standing cultural practice of using salt as a
catalytic agent to burn dung, the common fuel for the typical earthen oven used by peasants
even to this day. Seasoning and preservation are culturally inappropriate.
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New Testament
Sustainable Development Goals
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Pilch, J.J., 2011, ‘Salt for the earthen oven revisited’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 67(1), Art. #826, 5 pages. DOI: 10.4102/hts.v67i1.826