Counting half-shekels – Redeeming souls? in 2 Maccabees 12:38–45

This article deals with a highly debated text, namely 2 Maccabees 12, specifically the problematic verses (38–45) which contain a theology that is distinctly non-Jewish in import. Indeed, most recent scholars concerned with this passage do not seem to be unanimous apropos the best interpretation of...

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Published in:	HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Main Authors:	Nicholas P.L. Allen, Pierre J. Jordaan
Format:	Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	AOSIS 2018-11-01
Subjects:	half-shekels Non-Jewish Pharasees Sadducees afterlife purgatory interpretist/constructivist epistemology teshuvah atonement
Online Access:	https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/5011