Drinking gall and vinegar

• Verfasst von: Euler, Alida C. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Drinking gall and vinegar
• Titelzusatz: Psalm 69:22: an underestimated intertext in Matt 27:34, 48
• Verf.angabe: Alida C. Euler
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: [2021]
• Umfang: 11 S.
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
• Ort Quelle: Berlin [u.a.] : de Gruyter, 1900
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 112(2021), 1, Seite 130-140
• ISSN Quelle: 1613-009X
• DOI: doi:10.1515/znw-2021-0007
• Schlagwörter: (t)Bibel / Matthäusevangelium, 27 / (t)Bibel / Psalmen, 69 / (s)Intertextualität / (t)Kreuzigung Jesu / (s)anomia / (s)Römer / (s)Soldat / (s)Juden / (s)Autorität
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Gospel of Matthew
• Sach-SW: Intertextuality
• Sach-SW: Jewish Authorities
• Sach-SW: Matthew’s Crucifixion Scene
• Sach-SW: Psalm 69
• Sach-SW: ἀνομία
• K10plus-PPN: 1749205246

Abstract

The intertextual play with Psalm 69:22 in Matt 27:34, 48 is an important aspect for adequately understanding Matthew’s crucifixion scene. In Matt 27:34 the Roman soldiers offer Jesus “wine mixed with gall”, which is an allusion to Psalm 69:22a. By acting as the praying-self’s opponents, the Roman soldiers are portrayed as the mockers of Psalm 69:22a. In Matt 27:48, the Jewish authorities offer vinegar to the crucified Jesus, which is a clear allusion to Psalm 69:22b. Therefore, the Jewish authorities are portrayed in parallel to the Roman soldiers. Considering that Matthew refers to Psalm 69:22 not in a selective manner, but in the psalm’s context, the parallel between the Roman soldiers and the Jewish authorities extends to the crucial point in Jewish self-conception of being accused of ἀνομία.