Mark’s Unique Style of Embedding Citations: The Role of Cultural Memory and Oral Discourse
Oral transmission of the gospel message and the importance of a community’s cultural memory have become important topics in biblical studies in the past forty years. In particular, the gospel of Mark has been recognized to have a strong oral base, as well as drawing on the community’s cultural memor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2023, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 113-139 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mark
/ Oral tradition
/ Collective memory
/ Citation
/ Allusion
/ Old Testament
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament |
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| Summary: | Oral transmission of the gospel message and the importance of a community’s cultural memory have become important topics in biblical studies in the past forty years. In particular, the gospel of Mark has been recognized to have a strong oral base, as well as drawing on the community’s cultural memory in its use of Old Testament scriptures. This is apparent in various ways, including Mark’s unusual way of incorporating quotations and allusions within the narrative (significantly different to that of the other gospel writers). This paper describes Mark’s approach and indicates how his use of oral discourse gives an immediacy which makes it highly memorable, engaging all the senses of his audience. Moreover, his embedding of OT texts in the narrative calls upon the reader or hearer to get involved in the text to recognize the message Mark is highlighting: Jesus as the embodiment of God. To Mark Jesus is more than a fulfiller of written prophecies (the message transmitted by Matthew and Luke) but a living person, the one spoken of in Genesis, Psalms, and Isaiah. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/neo.2023.a938407 |