Feeding the five thousand
Subtitle: studies in the Judaic background of Mark 6:30-44 par. and John 6:1-15
By: Roger David Aus
Series: Studies in Judaism; Studies in Judaism
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780761851523; 9780761851530
Subjects: Miracles; Feeding of the five thousand (Miracle); Brotvermehrung; Bible; Miracles of Jesus Christ; Traditionsgeschichtliche Forschung; Intertextualität; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Bibel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Famine, the 'Omer, and barley bread; title: Similarities between Elisha and Jesus, especially as miraacle-workers; title: Jesus as a teacher with disciples, and Elisha as a teacher with disciples; title: Denarii; title: Baal-shalishah, Shalishah, and John 6; title: Jesus' praying, and Elisha's praying; title: Doubling, garden beds and rows, according to hundreds and fifties, and groups; title: Eating to satiety, and saying grace after meals; title: Baskets full of left over pieces; title: 5000 men; title: Bethsaida as a possible site of the feeding, and the Livia/Julia cult; title: Markan redaction in 6:30-44, and Johannine redaction in 6:1-15; title: The Markan and the Johannine contexts; title: The Semitic background of the feeding of the 5000, and possible Hellenistic parallels; title: Major motifs in the narrative; title: The genre; title: The historicity; title: Two Markan feeding narratives, and the feeding of the 5000 as part of a miracle collection.