RT Article
T1 Das "Salz der Erde" ist kein "Salz"
JF Biblische Notizen
VO 151
SP 115
OP 121
A1 Dämmgen, Ulrich
LA German
PB Herder
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1646189043
AB The saying “you are salt to the world“ (Matt 5,13║) will present difficulties for interpreters as long as their attempt is based on the assumption the salt here mentioned is cooking salt. The paradox can be solved, however, if one starts from the idea that the salt is saltpetre. Saltpetre was a commodity that was already being produced and traded during the period that Jesus lived.
AB Die Deutung des Wortes „Ihr seid das Salz der Erde“ (Mt 5,13║) bleibt schwierig, solange man annimmt, dass es sich hierbei um Speisesalz handelt. Die Widersprüche entfallen, wenn man davon ausgeht, dass das Salz Salpeter ist. Salpeter wurde zu Lebzeiten Jesu erzeugt und war Handelsware.