The Perils of Premature Judgment: Reading Matthew 21.18–22.14 with the Fig Tree

Because fig trees were agriculturally important, residents of Palestine during Jesus’s and Matthew’s times would be much more familiar with figs than are most academic biblical interpreters. This article engages the cultural, economic, and ecological significance of fig trees in first-century Syrio-...

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Main Author: Copeland, Rebecca L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2023, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 264-283
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Court / Fig tree / Ecology / Hermeneutics / Matthew
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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