The Christian Gospel and its Jewish roots
Subtitle: a redaction critical study of Mark 2:21-22 in context
By: Joseph F. Mali.
Series: Studies in biblical literature -- v. 131
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781433107023
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Mark II, 21-22 -- Criticism, Redaction; Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity; Christianity -- Origin
Description: "The Christian Gospel and Its Jewish Roots goes against the tendency to interpret Scripture in ways that separate Christianity and Judaism. Through a redaction-critical analysis of the two sayings on the"new" and the "old" (Mark 2:21-22), the author argues that Mark does not leave his readers with a complete break between Jesus and his Jewish heritage. Rather, the Evangelist opens a ray of hope that the gospel and its Jewish soil are ultimately reconcilable, not fatally antagonistic. With thorough and incisive study, this work reaches the conclusion that standing at the literary center of the controversy series (Mark 2:1-3:6), the location of the two sayings on «new and «old (Mark 2:21-22) corresponds to their function of making a condensed statement for Mark, the Evangelist, of the meaning and impact of the whole conflict section." -- Publisher's information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Literary analysis of Mark 2:1; 3:6; title: Marcan collection; title: Pre-marcan collection; title: A critical appraisal of the pre-marcan collection; title: The hypothesis of collection by Mark; title: The narrative context and function of 2:1; 3:6 43; title: The issue of authority in the controversy stories : an illustration of Mark as passion narrative with an extended introduction; title: The character function of the adversaries; title: The proleptic function of the references to the passion in Mark 2:1; 3:6; title: A redaction-critical analysis of Mark 2:18-22; title: The immediate context of 2:18-22; title: Exposition of 2:18-22; title: The argument of 2:18-22; title: 2:21-22 within the theology of the Gospel of Mark; title: The immediate context of 1:21-28; title: A new teaching with authority (1:21-28); title: Not as the scribes [taught] (Mark 1:22b); title: The sustained argument in 2:18-22 and the controversies in Jerusalem (Mark 11:27; 12:12); title: The destruction of the temple and the argument of 2:18-22 131; title: Relationship  of the Christian Gospel and its Jewish roots : outlook from Mark's Gospel; title: A marcan modification of the New & Old : incompatibility (Mark 12:28-34); title: Matthew's appreciation for the Old; title: Luke's adaptation of Mark's theory of incompatibility; title: An early-Christian explanation of the Jewish rejection of the Gospel.