Journal article
Prison, penance or purgatory: The interpretation of Matthew 5.25–6 and parallels
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Scholarship on Matt 5.25–6 has focused on the question of whether the saying offers mundane wisdom or threatens divine judgement, with the majority concluding that it refers to eternal punishment in hell. This article examines debt-prison and related phenomena before turning to the illuminating history of ancient interpretation. The article concludes that the ‘eternal damnation’ gloss widely favoured today is an overinterpretation first inspired by the exigencies of fourth- and fifth-century ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/S0028688517000315
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- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- New Testament Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 162-177
- Publication date:
- 2018-03-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-06-01
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1469-8145
- ISSN:
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0028-6885
- Source identifiers:
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698517
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- 2017-06-05
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- Copyright © 2018 Cambridge University Press. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Cambridge University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688517000315
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