Hermeneutical Keys To Jesus’ Interpretation of The Law in Some Statements of Matthew 5
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https://doi.org/10.59914/SF.2024.2.13Keywords:
Non-violent resistence, grace, violence, discipleship, radical gospelAbstract
Jesus did not come to dissolve or abolish
(καταλυσαι) the Law but to complete
(πληρωσαι) it. This fulfilling process is
illustrated by six examples. However, while
fulfilling the Law, Jesus did not lower the norm
level; instead, he raised it to a much higher level.
The analyzed sentences of Jesus set
unrealizable expectations. He does not at all
provide a more effective method of keeping
the Torah but paralyzes the person in order to
realize the futility of his efforts and that the
only way to God is through the grace of Christ.
Through the last three cases, the method of
non-violent resistance is introduced. Hostile
reactions lead to an escalation of violence,
whereas evil can be stopped by wisely applied
non-violent opposition. Interpreting the text
with appropriate hermeneutic keys, the words
of Jesus analyzed here no longer seem very
radical, and the feasibility of following him is
also much more realistic.
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