26th February: First Sunday in Lent: Mark 1:9-15

The article presents the author's comments on how the wilderness looks like with reference to Jesus Christ's baptism after which he was immediately thrust into the wilderness and tested. According to the author, this wilderness looked like spirit, wild beasts, the Tempter, and angels to Je...

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Authors: Pain, Susanna (Author) ; Dicken, Frank 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2012]
In: The expository times
Year: 2012, Volume: 123, Issue: 4, Pages: 183-185
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B WILDERNESS in the Bible
B Wilderness (Theology)
B Bible. Markusevangelium 1,9-15
B Christianity
B Israel
B Jesus Christ
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Summary:The article presents the author's comments on how the wilderness looks like with reference to Jesus Christ's baptism after which he was immediately thrust into the wilderness and tested. According to the author, this wilderness looked like spirit, wild beasts, the Tempter, and angels to Jesus. The author says that the reference to 40 days takes back to Deuteronomy, one of the primary narratives of Israel's wilderness traditions.
ISSN:1745-5308
Contains:Enthalten in: The expository times
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0014524611426060c