"Öga för öga, tand för tand" - en biblisk vedergällningslag?
(2013) TEOK51 20131Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
- Abstract
- The focus of this essay is the famous (or infamous) expression “An eye for an eye”, lex talionis, which is found in each of the biblical legal corpora in the Tanakh. A series of different interpretations are examined and systematized in categories in order to see how the expression, as it is used in the Tanakh, has been interpreted in antiquity as well as in modern times. The result is that there is no obvious development over time where it is possible to see that one interpretation has taken the place of another. Rather it seems like there are still several different interpretations today as there have been historically and the different starting points are very important for the results of the different interpretations. “An eye for an... (More)
- The focus of this essay is the famous (or infamous) expression “An eye for an eye”, lex talionis, which is found in each of the biblical legal corpora in the Tanakh. A series of different interpretations are examined and systematized in categories in order to see how the expression, as it is used in the Tanakh, has been interpreted in antiquity as well as in modern times. The result is that there is no obvious development over time where it is possible to see that one interpretation has taken the place of another. Rather it seems like there are still several different interpretations today as there have been historically and the different starting points are very important for the results of the different interpretations. “An eye for an eye” has been interpreted in anti-Jewish ways which is also discussed in the essay. (Less)
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- author
- Wenemark, Annika LU
- supervisor
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- Ola Wikander LU
- organization
- course
- TEOK51 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- lex talionis, retaliation, "an eye for an eye", anti-Jewish interpretation
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4016766
- date added to LUP
- 2013-09-05 14:07:23
- date last changed
- 2013-09-05 14:07:23
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