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- Title
Fasting, justification, and self-righteousness in Luke 18:9-14: A social-scientific interpretation as response to Friedrichson.
- Authors
Mathews, Steven H.; van Eck, Ernest
- Abstract
This article provides a social-scientific interpretation of the role of fasting in Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in Luke 18:9-14. Specifically, the article considers such social realia as honour and shame, collectivism, and purity in the interpretation of the text. The textual and social contexts of the text are considered. It is contended that in the parable Jesus presents a caricature of both the Pharisee and the tax collector to make a larger point, in which fasting is not a major consideration. The article also evaluates Friedrichson's interpretation of this text, which depicts the Pharisee as fasting vicariously, resulting in the justification of the tax collector. Finally, the significance of this text in a holistic theology of fasting in the New Testament is considered.
- Subjects
FASTING (Christianity); JUSTIFICATION (Christian theology); SELF-righteousness; BIBLE. Luke; PHARISEES; DOCTRINAL theology
- Publication
Hervormde Teologiese Studies, 2013, Vol 69, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0259-9422
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/hts.v69i1.1957