RT Article
T1 Caesar as Title and Name: The Dual Function of καῖσαρ in Mark 12.14-17
JF Journal for the study of the New Testament
VO 48
IS 3
SP 678
OP 709
A1 Delgado Gómez, Alfredo ca. 20./21. Jh.
LA English
YR 2026
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1963002199
AB Much has been written about Mark's pericope on the payment of taxes to Caesar (Mk 12.14-17), but there has been no analysis of whether the word ?α?σα? functions as a title or a proper name. Nor is there a clear consensus as to when the cognomen Caesar became a title referring to the emperor and when the word καῖσαρσα became a loanword integrated in Greek. This article analyses the evolution of the meaning of CaesarCaesar/καῖσαρ as well as its functions in Mk 12.14?17. The proposal made here is that the word καῖσαρ functions in Mk 12.14-17 simultaneously as a proper name and a title. This deliberate ambiguity allows the scene to function meaningfully both for Jesus?s context and the author's own.
K1 Emperor
K1 Latinisms
K1 Mark’s Gospel
K1 Roman Empire
K1 loanwords
DO 10.1177/0142064X251377343