Counting half-shekels – Redeeming souls? in 2 Maccabees 12:38–45

This article deals with a highly debated text, namely 2 Maccabees 12, specifically the problematic verses (38–45) which contain a theology that is distinctly non-Jewish in import. Indeed, most recent scholars concerned with this passage do not seem to be unanimous apropos the best interpretation of...

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Authors: Allen, Nicholas P. L. (Author) ; Jordaan, Pierre J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2018
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 74, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Non-Jewish
B Atonement
B Sadducees
B Afterlife
B Pharasees
B Half-Shekels
B Purgatory
B Teshuvah
B Constructivist Epistemology / Interpretist
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