Salt Sayings of Jesus Deppe Master’s Thesis

This master's thesis for Calvin Theological Seminary offers the unique thesis that the agricultural use of salt as fertilizer explains the use of salt in the saying in Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth." It also contends that Mark 9:49 must be understood against Nero's persecution.

Here are the chapters included in the thesis.
Chapter 1: The Cultural Background: The Uses of Salt in the Near East.
Chapter 2: The Context of the Salt Sayings in Mark.
Chapter 3: The Material Peculiar to Mark: The Salt Prophecy of Mark 9:49a.
Chapter 4: The Material Peculiar to Mark: The Salt Exhortation of Mark 9:50b
Chapter 5: An analysis of the salt parable of Jesus: Mark 9:50a; Luke 14:35-36; Matthew 5:13
Chapter 6: An evaluation of how salt can lose its taste.
Chapter 7: An interpretation of the salt parable with Sermonic Application.

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