Jesus’s ‘Sorrow’ (Matt. 26.37–8)?: Exploring the Connotations of a Tabooed Emotion
The attribution of λύπη to Jesus in Matthew’s Gethsemane (26.37–38) – typically translated as ‘sorrow’ or ‘grief’ – is often understood as an attempt to humanize Jesus’s anguish with a relatively benign emotion. However, interpreters rarely offer detailed analyses of the term or its connotations, pa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2025, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-94 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Matthäusevangelium 26,38
B Pain / Emotion / Suffering / Jesus Christus / Gethsemane (motif) |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Pain
B Christology B Passion B Gethsemane (motif) B Emotion B Affect B Bibel. Matthäusevangelium, 26,37-38 |
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