Who are “the least?” Ἐλάχιστος (Mt 25:31-46) – a hermeneutical reconsideration

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dc.coverageSUBBTO 68, no. 2 (2023): 67-75, DOI:10.24193/subbto.2023.2.04en-US
dc.creatorCIUCIU, Hrisostom
dc.date2023-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T23:35:30Z
dc.descriptionThe present paper deals with the interpretation of one of the Matthean texts that still raises problems to modern exegesis, namely the one relating to the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46), and this because of a term – ἐλάχιστος (v. 40) – translated with “the least”. The question to which the author tries an answer is: “Who are the little ones?” The approach of the work is not so much one of an exegetical nature, but it is of a hermeneutical nature. Beyond the difficulties that modern exegesis seems to have failed to overcome, the real challenge is the spiritual interpretation of this text, an interpretation which depends very much on identifying those who are “the least”. This work attempts to harmonize the textual exegesis with the patristic interpretation, having the stated purpose of applying this text to the spiritual life, both relating to the person and community.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologiaorthodoxa/article/view/7017
dc.identifier10.24193/subbto.2023.2.04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/3405
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologiaorthodoxa/article/view/7017/6770
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2023 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxa; Volume 68, No. 2, December 2023; 67-75en-US
dc.source2065-9474
dc.source1224-0869
dc.source10.24193/subbto.2023.2
dc.subjectἐλάχιστοςen-US
dc.subjectthe little onesen-US
dc.subjectthe leasten-US
dc.subjectthe Gentilesen-US
dc.subjectreversed pyramiden-US
dc.titleWho are “the least?” Ἐλάχιστος (Mt 25:31-46) – a hermeneutical reconsiderationen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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