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Blind injustice : Jesus' prophetic warning against unjust judging (Matt 7:1-5)
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dc.contributor.advisor | Bauckham, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Chandler, Christopher N. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | 311 p. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-21T10:29:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-21T10:29:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-11-30 | |
dc.identifier | uk.bl.ethos.552426 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/919 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation seeks to provide a plausible alternative to the consensus interpretation of Jesus' "do not judge" teaching in Matt 7:1-5. While the overwhelming majority of recent interpreters understand "do not judge" (7:1) and its concurrent sayings such as "take the log out of your own eye" (7:5) to promote a non-judgmental attitude, this monograph seeks to situate this block of teaching within a Jewish second-Temple judicial setting. To this end, an overview of the judicial system during the second Temple era is provided, after which it is argued that Matt 7:1-5 is the Matthean Jesus' halakhic, midrashic comment upon the laws for just legal judging in Lev 19:15-18, 35-36 by which he prophetically criticizes unjust legal judging. Jesus' brother James takes up this teaching in Jas 2:1-13, using it to exhort Jewish Christian leaders who judge cases within Diaspora synagogues/churches. Such an alternative interpretation of Jesus' "do not judge" teaching in Matt 7:1-5 matches well other passages in Matthew which likewise speak of judicial, brotherly conflict such as 5:21-26 and 18:15-35. Some early Christian writers who quote or allude to Matt 7:1-5 reflect a judicial understanding of these verses as well, often relating Matt 7:1-5 to Lev 19:15-18, 35-36 and/or drawing parallels between Matt 7:1-5 and one or more of the NT judicial texts which, this thesis argues, is related to it (Matt 5:21-26, 18:15-35; Jas 2:1-13). | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of St Andrews | |
dc.subject | Matthew 7:1-5 | en_US |
dc.subject | Matthew 5:21-26 | en_US |
dc.subject | Matthew 18:15-35 | en_US |
dc.subject | James 2:1-13 | en_US |
dc.subject | Leviticus 19:15-18, 35-36 | en_US |
dc.subject | Halakah | en_US |
dc.subject | Midrash | en_US |
dc.subject | Pluralism | en_US |
dc.subject | Do not judge | en_US |
dc.subject | Judging | en_US |
dc.subject | Legal judging | en_US |
dc.subject | Courts | en_US |
dc.subject | James Kugel | en_US |
dc.subject | Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr | en_US |
dc.subject.lcc | BS2417.J83C52 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Bible. N.T. Matthew VII, 1-5--Criticism, interpretation, etc. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Judgment--Biblical teaching | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Judgment (Ethics) | en_US |
dc.title | Blind injustice : Jesus' prophetic warning against unjust judging (Matt 7:1-5) | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en_US |
dc.type.qualificationname | PhD Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.publisher.institution | The University of St Andrews | en_US |
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