Ethnic Identities in the Dead Sea Legal Papyri and Matthew: Reinterpreting Matthew 25:31–46

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Abstract

Approximately one hundred legal papyri survive from Palestine in the period from 50 CE to 150 CE, most of them hidden in caves in consequence of the Judean War from 66 to 73 CE and the Bar Kokhba Revolt of 132 CE to 135 CE.¹ About a third of these, and generally in a good state of preservation, are the documents of the Babatha archive, hidden in a cave in a wadi near ʿEin-Gedi, with other personal possessions, by the Judean woman Babatha in about 135 CE and discovered by Yigael Yadin’s team in 1961.² The Greek documents (twenty-six in
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMatthew within Judaism: Israel and the Nations in the First Gospel
EditorsAnders Runesson, Daniel M. Gurtner
PublisherThe Society of Biblical Literature
Pages195-210
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9780884144434
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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NameIsrael and the Nations in the First Gospel

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