A brief consideration of Spencer McDaniel's view that the Jesus of Mark knew how to read.
Musings on Mark: Can the Markan Jesus Read?
A Conversation with Kameron Mazurek on the ‘Religious Learning’ Podcast
This past week I was interviewed by Kameron Mazurek of the Religious Learning podcast on topics mainly related to the Gospel of Mark and the first season of my podcast Amateur Exegesis. Mazurek is a great interviewer and his podcast, which is still in its infancy, deserves a wider listening audience. So, have a listen... Continue Reading →
Katapetasma (Blogger): A Symbolic Defeat
Katapetasma, "The Demonized Gerasene and the Paganized Greek: Eschatological Allegory in Mark 5:1-20" (8.17.20), scribesofthekingdom686237748.wordpress.com. This deliverance of the gentile wrought by the destruction of Legion also brings judgement upon those who refuse to abandon the defunct pagan order—and herein lies the source of the people’s anxiety and of their request for Jesus to relinquish... Continue Reading →
Katapetasma (Blogger): The Healing of the Nations and the Exorcism in Gerasa
Katapetasma, "The Demonized Gerasene and the Paganized Greek: Eschatological Allegory in Mark 5:1-20" (8.17.20), scribesofthekingdom686237748.wordpress.com. When the Gerasene man is at last healed and the Legion is expelled into the sea, he comes to represent Greeks cured of idolatry and relieved of its symptoms (cf. Revelation 22:2). Like the nations liberated from the power of... Continue Reading →
An “Eschatological Allegory” – Katapetasma on the Exorcism of the Demon-Possessed Man of Gerasa
It seems that every time I read a post by blogger Katapetasma that I walk away from it not only having learned quite a bit but also envious that I lack the insight and writing ability to bring biblical texts to life as he so effortlessly seems to do. (And that, kids, is why you should read to become... Continue Reading →
David Suchet Reads the Gospel of Mark
I love listening to the Bible read aloud, especially the Gospel of Mark. Over the last couple of years I have listened to Max McLean read the Gospel (ESV) over at biblegateway.com. But recently, my friend @bibhistctxt sent me a link to David Suchet, a British actor perhaps best known for playing the Belgian detective... Continue Reading →
Joel Marcus: No External Evidence for the Barabbas Incident
Joel Marcus, Mark 8-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), 930. While it is probable...that some members of the Jewish hierarchy pressed Pilate to put Jesus to death (Mark 15:1, 3, 11), and while a revolutionary ringleader may have been released at about the same time that... Continue Reading →
Joel Marcus: What is Mark’s “Abomination of Desolation”?
Joel Marcus, Mark 8-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), 890-891. The abomination of desolation [in Mark 13:14] is probably related to a desecration that preceded the destruction of Jerusalem. The occurrence that best fits the bill is the occupation of the Temple by the Zealots near... Continue Reading →
Musings on Mark: Markan Christology – Jesus is God’s Son #1
Series Introduction MARKAN BOOKENDS The very first scene wherein Jesus appears is one in which he is baptized by John in the Jordan River (cf. Mark 1:4-8): And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And then as he came out of... Continue Reading →
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