Luther chose the literal-rod reading over contemporary alternatives
Evidence
Luther is, in this Tischreden passage, substantively endorsing the literal-corporal-correction reading of Proverbs 13:24 — the rod-verse we covered substantively across Episode 3, Episode 31, and Episode 34. The reading he is endorsing is the literal rod-as-physical-instrument reading — not the Yonah-of-Gerona “shevet means speech” reading that the medieval Jewish tradition had articulated three centuries earlier (Episode 34), not the Maimonidean small-strap-bracketed reading (Episode 33), not the Pauline “do not provoke” framework that Luther’s own New Testament canon contained (Ephesians 6:4, Episode 36), not the Eastern Christian patristic engagement with the verses we covered briefly in Episode 22. — , The Rod and the Child, 2890
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clarifies the distinct exegetical traditions for Proverbs 13:24 that competed with Luther’s literal-rod interpretation.