Satan and Circumcision: The Devil as the ἄγγελος πονηρός in Barn 9:4.
This study argues that the ἄγγελος πονηρός in Barn 9.4 was Satan. James Carleton Paget, Adolf Hilgenfeld, Ferdinand Prostmeier and Geza Vermes gestured toward this interpretation, but none offered evidence for this identification other than assertion. In Barnabas, there is a constellation of ideas t...
| Publicado en: | Vigiliae Christianae Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 60 - 73 |
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2022
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