This article examines the poisonous characteristics of Lolium Temulentum L., the weed that is generally identified with the tares (zizania) mentioned in Matthew's Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (Matt 13.24–30, 36–43). It identifies the weed, examines its pervasiveness in antiquity, as well as the nature and degree of its toxicity, and establishes that the tares of the Palestine of Jesus' day were likely poisonous. With this in mind, it considers whether the tares' toxicity is a factor in understanding the parable and its interpretation, concluding that it is very likely presupposed by both.
Verö entlicht auf Englisch. Lidija Novakovic sucht nach einer Erklärung für die erstaunliche Verbindung zwischen dem königlich-messianischen Titel Sohn Davids', der Jesus im Matthäusevangelium zugesprochen wird, und seinen Wunderheilungen. Zweifellos ist dies eine christliche Entwicklung, da es keinen existierenden frühjüdischen Text gibt, der den davidischen Messias als Wundertäter zeigt. Betrachtet man allerdings den vorrangig jüdischen Charakter dieses Evangeliums, so sollte die Quelle der Vorstellung eines heilenden Messias doch in frühjüdischen Traditionen gesucht werden. Die Autorin zeigt, daß diese in Matthäus' kunstvoller Interpretation einzelner Bibelstellen, besonders aus dem Buch Jesaja, zu nden ist.
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