![]() However, some commentators judge that if this is so it is out of character with the normative nature of J esus’ parabolic discourse. The traditional orthodox position has been to assume that Jesus’ narrative about the condition of the two men after death was based upon His divine omniscience. important as the story takes place on two levels and in two universes of discourse, the life on this earth and the life of the world to come. The central theological issue concerning the story has been the use of a name for the poor man-the only such ascription in all of our Lord’s parables. 759, 760.) Other names for this anonymous rich man were current among the Syrian and Coptic rite churches, but they were not adopted in the W. ![]() “Lazar and Dives liveden diversly, and diverse guerdon hadden they thereby-” (Chaucer, The Summoner’s Tale 11. due to the use of it in cathedral dramas enacting the story, e.g. The use of the name “Dives” is found early in Eng. it as, Homo quidam erat dives, “there was a certain rich man.” In the narrative, however, the rich man remains indefinite and unnamed. The name Dives is a literal transliteration of the Lat. The name means “whom God helps” and became common as a personal name throughout the history of Israel ancient and modern. ![]() personal name, לַעְזַר, an apocopated form of אֶלְעָזָ֖ר, the familiar name Eleazar of the OT ( Exod 6:23 and numerous other passages). Λάζαρος, G3276, which, in turn, represents the rabbinic Heb. ![]() LAZARUS AND DIVES lăz’ ər əs, dī’ vĕz, from Jesus’ parable recorded in Luke 16:19-31. ![]()
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