04-04-2025, 03:50 PM
T. W. Manson, _The Beginning of the Gospel_ (1950), on 74
https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Gospel-...19236104X/
https://archive.org/details/beginningofg...?q=aramaic
Page n85
This story ["The Fruitless Fig-tree"], taken at its face value, bristles with difficulties, most of which arise from two sources.
...
The other source of difficulty is the so-called 'cursing' of the tree.
It is felt to be completely out of tune with what we otherwise know of the character of Jesus.
...
As for the second difficulty, it has been pointed out that in Aramaic only the tone of voice would distinguish between a simple statement and what seems like a curse.
I suspect that there are some serious misunderstandings in the story as it stands;
but any attempt to correct them involves more guess-work than can be indulged in here.
https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Gospel-...19236104X/
https://archive.org/details/beginningofg...?q=aramaic
Page n85
This story ["The Fruitless Fig-tree"], taken at its face value, bristles with difficulties, most of which arise from two sources.
...
The other source of difficulty is the so-called 'cursing' of the tree.
It is felt to be completely out of tune with what we otherwise know of the character of Jesus.
...
As for the second difficulty, it has been pointed out that in Aramaic only the tone of voice would distinguish between a simple statement and what seems like a curse.
I suspect that there are some serious misunderstandings in the story as it stands;
but any attempt to correct them involves more guess-work than can be indulged in here.