The Stomach Purifies All Foods: Jesus’ Anatomical Argument in Mark 7.18–19
This article offers a new interpretation of καθαρίζων πάντα τὰ βρώματα in Mark 7.19c. After reviewing and offering some nuance to an emerging non-antinomian interpretation of 7.15a/18b, I turn to Mark 7.19c and argue that the phrase καθαρίζων πάντα τὰ βρώματα should be understood as a part of Jesus&...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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New Testament studies
Anno: 2024, Volume: 70, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 371-391 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Bible. Pentateuch, Bibel. Pentateuch
/ Bibel. Evangelien
/ Cibo
/ Contaminazione
/ Cibi kosher
/ Digestione
/ Halakhah
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | HB Antico Testamento HC Nuovo Testamento |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Law
B Purification B Impurity B Bibel. Markusevangelium, 7,18-19 B Halakhah B digestion B Purity B Gospels B Kosher B Torah B Defilement B Food |
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| Riepilogo: | This article offers a new interpretation of καθαρίζων πάντα τὰ βρώματα in Mark 7.19c. After reviewing and offering some nuance to an emerging non-antinomian interpretation of 7.15a/18b, I turn to Mark 7.19c and argue that the phrase καθαρίζων πάντα τὰ βρώματα should be understood as a part of Jesus' speech in 7.18-19. Jesus’ argument, I suggest, is that ritually defiled food cannot defile humans through ingestion because humans purify all foods from ritual impurity through digestion. This reasoning depends on a widespread Jewish view that excrement is impervious to ritual impurity: because all excrement is pure, the stomach acts as a purifying agent that purifies all food from ritual impurity. I proffer that the common translation of Mark 7.19c - ‘Thus he declared all foods clean’ (NRSV) - should therefore be abandoned. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688523000516 |
