The Anarthrous ui(o\j qeou= in Mark 15,39 and the Roman Imperial Cult

This article points up evidence by which the language of the Roman imperial cult might help make clearer what a reader of Mark's Gospel might understand when the centurion (Mark 15,39) refers to Jesus as ui(o\j qeou=. Knowing how an audience familiar with this cult language would react, Mark in...

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Main Author: Kim, Tae Hun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 1998
In: Biblica
Year: 1998, Volume: 79, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-241
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Summary:This article points up evidence by which the language of the Roman imperial cult might help make clearer what a reader of Mark's Gospel might understand when the centurion (Mark 15,39) refers to Jesus as ui(o\j qeou=. Knowing how an audience familiar with this cult language would react, Mark intentionally speaks of Jesus as ui(o\j qeou= at 1,1, as well as at 15,39.
ISSN:2385-2062
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica