Scribes and Demons: Literacy and Authority in a Capernaum Synagogue (Mark 1:21–28)

This article argues that the watchers tradition influences Mark 1:21-28. Mark constructs the pericope as an intercalation that becomes intelligible once this demonological framework is registered. The central portion of the “sandwich” presents the content of Jesus’s teaching mentioned in the outer f...

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Main Author: Elder, Nicholas A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2021]
In: The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2021, Volume: 83, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-94
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Enoch 1-36 / Bible. Markusevangelium 1,21-28 / Exorcism / Authority / synagōgē (Word) / Synagogue / Capernaum / Scribe / Demon / Literacy / Literacy (Motif)
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B scribal literacy
B intercalations
B Synagogue
B Book of the Watchers
B Mark 1:21–28
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