Making Oneself Last in the Community: Mark 9.43–7 in its Context and Co-Text
After reviewing and offering a critical evaluation of the main interpretations of the sayings in Mark 9.43-7, the paper proposes a new reading that considers them in the Jewish context and in their co-text (Mark 9.33-50). The context is the marginal condition in which physically impaired people live...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
New Testament studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 69, Issue: 4, Pages: 387-399 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Markusevangelium 9
/ Sayings
/ Discipleship
/ Kingdom of God (motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Kingdom of God
B Discipleship B Scandal B self-maiming B Mark 9.43–7 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | After reviewing and offering a critical evaluation of the main interpretations of the sayings in Mark 9.43-7, the paper proposes a new reading that considers them in the Jewish context and in their co-text (Mark 9.33-50). The context is the marginal condition in which physically impaired people lived in Jewish society and communities. In view of this context, it is possible to point out the consistency of Jesus’ logia on self-maiming in order to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 9.43-7) with their co-text. The disciples are urged not only not to scandalise the little ones of the community (Mark 9.42), but also to share their minority state, thus avoiding stumbling in their own discipleship because of claims of greatness and superiority. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688523000140 |
