RT Article
T1 “The Scythians Do Still Scare Us”: A Case for the Traditional Interpretation of Col 3:11
JF Novum Testamentum
VO 65
IS 2
SP 221
OP 226
A1 Cadili, Luca 1970-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1840543906
AB In Col 3:11, through tightly contrasting couplets, we are told that everyone can enjoy God’s grace. Though the passage seemingly involves no difficulty, doubts may be raised about the opposition between barbarians and Scythians, both being uncivilized nations. Yet the savagery of the latter, unparalleled among the barbarians, was their well-known hallmark. Even though this picture of the Scythians seems to have become commonplace in Greek and Roman literature, it might be inferred from epigraphical evidence that this barbarian nation was still a reason for disquiet in Asia Minor at the time when the Letter to the Colossians was delivered.
K1 Neronian age
K1 Epigraphy
K1 Scythians
K1 Letter to the Colossians
DO 10.1163/15685365-12341725