Scolding the "Wicked, Lazy" Servant; Is the Master God?: A Redaction-Critical Study of Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:11-27
This article challenges popular interpretations of the parable of the talents, which underlie economic views blaming poverty on laziness. It carefully compares the versions in Matthew and Luke and argues that the more original version is the one in Luke. This is based on a historical incident, linke...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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NTWSA
[2019]
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2019, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 123-147 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Parable of the pounds
/ Q
/ Parable
/ Historical criticism
/ Archelaus Judea, Ethnarch 23 BC-18
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HC New Testament KBL Near East and North Africa NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Matthew 25
B Poverty B redaction of Q B Parable of the pounds B Archelaus B Hidden Transcript B Resistance B minas B public transcript B Luke 19 B Parable B BIBLE; Criticism, Redaction B Laziness B talents |
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| Summary: | This article challenges popular interpretations of the parable of the talents, which underlie economic views blaming poverty on laziness. It carefully compares the versions in Matthew and Luke and argues that the more original version is the one in Luke. This is based on a historical incident, linked to Archelaus, the son of Herod the Great, and makes sense as a story told in the context of Herod-ruled Galilee after the execution of John the Baptist. It argues for the parable as a story of open resistance with a dual message: a "public" and a "hidden" transcript. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/neo.2019.0013 |