In the Bosom of Abraham: The Name and Role of Poor Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31

This study examines the name and role of the poor man in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. An intertextual reading through the lens of Septuagint Genesis and Job reveals the character of Lazarus to be a seamless weave of suffering Job and Eliezer the Servant of Abraham. The t...

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Main Author: Yoder, Keith L. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 2-24
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Intertextuality / Abraham, Biblical person / Job Biblical character
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Abraham
B Lazarus
B Occupation
B Eliezer
B Luke
B intertextual
B rich man
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Summary:This study examines the name and role of the poor man in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. An intertextual reading through the lens of Septuagint Genesis and Job reveals the character of Lazarus to be a seamless weave of suffering Job and Eliezer the Servant of Abraham. The testings, death and burial, thigh oath, and long journeys in Genesis 22-24, involving the closely bound Abraham and Eliezer, with supplementation from sore-covered Job who experienced sequential reversals between rich to poor, converge as the base literary template for Luke's Abraham and Lazarus.
ISSN:1568-5365
Contains:Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341650