A Note on the Death of Judas in Papias
In early Christian literature the death of Judas is broadly understood as a fitting end to the life of the betrayer of Jesus. Papias' description of Judas' death can be illuminated by comparison with ancient biographical and medical literature, in which oedema and parasitic infections are...
| Published in: | New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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New Testament studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judas Iscariot
/ Death
/ Papias, Hierapolitanus ca. 1./2. Jh.
/ Medicine
/ Classical antiquity
/ Worms
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Judas
B Papias B Death B Ancient Medicine B Worms |
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| Summary: | In early Christian literature the death of Judas is broadly understood as a fitting end to the life of the betrayer of Jesus. Papias' description of Judas' death can be illuminated by comparison with ancient biographical and medical literature, in which oedema and parasitic infections are a consequence of greed, and also apocalyptic texts, in which worms become an emblematic form of divine punishment after death. Viewed in this context the death of Judas serves a pedagogical function as a warning about the dangers of greed. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688519000080 |