Thaumaturgic prowess : autonomous and dependent miracle-working in Mark's Gospel and the Second Temple period /

Thaumaturgic prowess : autonomous and dependent miracle-working in Mark's Gospel and the Second Temple period /

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Author / Creator:Kelley, Andrew J., 1986- author.
Imprint:Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2019]
Description:xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Ancient Greek
French
Hebrew
Series:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 491
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 491.
Subject:
Jesus Christ -- Miracles.
Jesus Christ -- Divinity.
Jesus Christ.
Bible. -- Mark -- Theology.
Bible. -- Mark.
Miracles -- Biblical teaching.
Divinity of Christ.
Miracles -- Biblical teaching.
Miracles of Jesus Christ.
Theology.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11949102
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ISBN:9783161559471
3161559479
9783161559488
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199) and indexes.
Includes quotations in Greek, Hebrew, and French.
Summary:Back cover: Andrew J. Kelley offers an interesting survey of miracle narratives in the Second Temple period and a thorough comparison, specifically of the means by which miracle-workers perform miracles, between other miracle-workers and the Markan Jesus. In this work, he has implications for Mark's view of Jesus as well as the significance of miracle working in general.
Standard no.:9783161559471
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Method
  • 1.1. Date Ranges
  • 1.2. How Sources Relate to Each Other
  • 1.3. Use of the Septuagint
  • 1.4. What is a Miracle?
  • 1.5. The Narrative Level
  • 1.6. An Argument from Silence
  • 2. Chapter Overviews
  • Chapter 1. Miracle in Mark and Jesus's Identity - A Literature Review
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. History-of-Religions and the Theios Aner Debate
  • 3. Miracle, Medicine, and Magic
  • 4. Miracles and the Historical Jesus
  • 5. Recent Comparative and Literary Studies
  • 6. Markan Studies and the Identity of Jesus
  • 6.1. Markan Miracles and Corrective Christology
  • 6.2. Reactions to Markan Miracles and Corrective Christology
  • 6.3. Markan Miracles and the Identity of Jesus
  • Chapter 2. Miracle-Workers and Deferment in Ancient Narratives
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Criteria for Determining Deferment
  • 3. Septuagint Narratives
  • 3.1. Exodus
  • 3.2. Numbers
  • 3.3. Joshua
  • 3.4. 1 Kings
  • 3.5. 2 Kings
  • 3.6. Tobit
  • 3.7. Ben Sira/Sirach
  • 4. Septuagint Narratives Retold
  • 4.1. Exagoge
  • 4.2. Artapanus
  • 4.3. On the Life of Moses
  • 4.4. In Josephus: Jewish Antiquities and Jewish War
  • 4.5. Genesis Apocryphon
  • 5. Excursus: Greco-Roman Miracles
  • 5.1. Examples within the Time Period
  • 5.2. Common Comparisons from Outside the Time Period
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 3. Miracle- Workers and Deferment in Non-Narratives and Secondary Texts
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Secondary Jewish Texts
  • 2.1. 4Q510 and 4Q511
  • 2.2. 4Q560
  • 2.3. 11Q11 col. VI. 4-col. VI, 1.3
  • 2.4. The Messianic Apocalypse (4Q521)
  • 2.5. The Testament of Solomon
  • 3. Greco-Roman Texts
  • 3.1. Pliny - Natural History
  • 3.2. Seneca - Hercules Oetaeus
  • 3.3. Plato-Republic
  • 4. Magical Materials
  • 4.1. Limitation and Concessions
  • 4.2. Parameters
  • 4.3. Clear Deferment in Magical Materials
  • 4.3.1. P. Lond. 121 (PGM 7.429-58:490-504; 505-28)
  • 4.3.2. no. 3378 (PGM 16.1-75)
  • 4.3.3. BGU III 955 (PGM 18a. 1-4)
  • 4.3.4. P. Berol. inv. 9566 verso (PGM 21.1-29)
  • 4.3.5. P. Köln inv. 1982
  • 4.3.6. P. Mich. inv. 6666
  • 4.3.7. T. Köln inv. 8
  • 4.3.8. CTBS 36
  • 4.3.9. CTBS 126
  • 4.3.10. P. Lond. 121 (PGM 7.215-218)
  • 4.3.11. T. Köln inv. 7
  • 4.4. Deferment through Ego Sayings
  • 4.4.1. P. Tebt. II 275 (PGM 33.1-25)
  • 4.4.2. Inscr. Mus. Louvre 204
  • 4.4.3. CTBS 120
  • 4.4. Implied or Unclear Deferment
  • 4.4.1. BGU III 956 (PGM 18b.1-7)
  • 4.4.2. PUG I 6
  • 4.4.3. P. Haun. III 50
  • 4.5. Historiola
  • 4.6. Exceptions
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 4. Jesus as an Autonomous Miracle-Worker in Mark
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. On the Varieties of Miracle Types
  • 1.1.1. Miracle Networks in Literature Contemporary to Mark
  • 1.1.2. Miracle Networks in Mark
  • 1.2. On the "macronarrative" of Mark
  • 2. Jesus's Autonomous Miracle-Working in Mark
  • 3. Mark's Employment of Jesus's Autonomous Miracle-Working
  • 3.1. Growing Controversy and Pressing Questions
  • 3.1.1. The Man with the Unclean Spirit: 1.21-28
  • 3.1.2. The Man with Leprosy: 1.40-45
  • 3.4.3. The Paralytic: 2.3-12
  • 3.1.4. The Storm at Sea: 4.35-41
  • 3.2. Miracles of Undisputed Power
  • 3.2.1. Legion: 5.1-20
  • 3.2.2. The Dead Girl: 5.21 43
  • 3.2.3. Jesus Walks on Water: 6.45-53
  • 4. Passages of Possible Dispute
  • 4.1. Jesus and Beelzebul: 3.22-30
  • 4.2. Jesus Rejected at Nazareth: 6.1-6
  • 4.3. The "Prayer" for the Feeding Miracle: 6.30-44; 8.1-10
  • 4.4. Looking up to Heaven and Sighing: 7.31-37
  • 4.5. The Blind Man at Bethsaida: 8.22-26
  • 4.6. The Cursing of the Fig Tree: 11.12-14, 20-25
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Chapter 5. Deferring Miracle-Workers in Mark
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Disciples and Miracles in Previous Research
  • 3. The Disciples as Miracle-Workers
  • 3.1. The Commission and the Mission (3.15; 6.7-13)
  • 3.2. The Boy with the Mute Spirit (9.14-29)
  • 3.3. The Cursing of the Fig Tree (11.12-14, 20-26)
  • 4. The Woman with the Flow of Blood (5.25-34)
  • 5. The Unnamed Exorcist (9.38-41)
  • 6. Conclusion
  • General Conclusion
  • 1. Some Concluding Observations
  • 2. Possible Avenues of Further Study
  • 3. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of References
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Subjects

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