‘Brood of Vipers’ (Matthew 3.7; 12.34; 23.33)
According to a widespread tradition in the ancient Mediterranean world (attested in Herodotus, Aelian, Pliny and other writers), vipers killed their mother during their birth, hence were associated with parent-murder. Ancient writers sometimes used parent-murder as an example of one of the worst con...
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2005
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2005, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-11 |
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