Hvis er Himmeriget?

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The occurrences of the term "poor in Spirit" in two Dead Sea Scrolls are investigated in order to cast light on the similar expression in the Gospel of Matthew. It is argued that the expression does not denote any "spiritual" quality such as humility, but rather the affiliation of the concrete economically poor to the "spiritual" community of the Qumranite and Christian communities respectively.
Translated title of the contributionTo whom belongs the Kingdom of Heaven?
Original languageDanish
JournalDansk Teologisk Tidsskrift
Volume70
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)93-102
Number of pages10
ISSN0105-3191
Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Research areas

  • Faculty of Theology - Kingdom of Heaven, The Dead Sea Scrolls, Bible translation, Poor in spirit, Sermon on the Mount, War Scroll, Hodayot

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