Meek or oppressed? Reading Matthew 5:5 in context
According to the Gospel of Matthew 5:5, Jesus pronounces a blessing on “the meek” (Greek ?? ??????), promising that they will receive the inheritance of the earth (or land). The words of Jesus are a quotation from the LXX of Psalm 37:11 and each of the Hebrew terms (subject, object and verb) need c...
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University of the Free State
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Theologica |
| Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2773 |
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