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A short side question: Would there be any particular reason to have the grand finale play out on Passover instead of Yom Kippur, if it's some kind of atonement thing? Except for the obvious reason that there might be a historical kernel to the whole story. A possible literary reason would be, for e...

I suspect that most Jews, as well as believers in the Christ in Mark's time, were quite familiar with the good tidings in Isaiah --- these were likely popular and well known passages. Mark painted a picture worth a thousand words --- just with his opening line.robert j. Agreed. P.Oxy. 76.5073 shoul...

The literal similarities are significant but not striking. But the context seems to speak clearly for a Markan allusion to the Song of Songs (as Paul in 1 Corinthians). Jesus warns in Mark 13:32-37 not to miss the right time. The three women in Mark 16:1-8 come too late to the empty tomb. It's just ...

Ulan wrote:And I hope, you are just on some nice extended Pentecost vacation.

Sorry. I organized during June a children's festival and then I was a bit tired.

Is it actually always an "either... or" question, or can it be both? I have the feeling that our difficulties with coming to a clear understanding of everything in Mark are in part due to the point that he loaded his story with so many different allusions. Hanhart's thesis supports the &q...

Psalms

No Psalm in the game. A few citations but none that meets the second criteria. To stay self-critical we should note that Mark makes no allusion to Psalm 74:1-12 (LXX-Psalm 73).

little more informations online

Timothy J. Geddert, The Use of Psalms in Mark

Daniel A few allusions, but I see only one that meets the two criteria: The abomination of desolation in Dan 9:27 allusion - Mark 13:14/LXX-Daniel 9:27 Mark 13:14 But when you see the abomination of desolation ( βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως ) standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand) ...

Thus far we have found at least six reasons for answering the two questions positively. . . . (3) The immediate context of LXX Isaiah 22 is concerned with an attack on Jerusalem . The graphic description of the fear and anxiety (22:1-14) . . . would have reminded Mark's readers of the startling and...

* = For pastophorion see LXX Jer 42(35):4; LXX 1 Chr 9:26; 23:28; Josephus, War, 4:582; Also Jerome, Comm. Jes. CCL.73.305. See further van der Kooij's excurus on a "library" (scriptorium) in the "treasury" room annex to the "court of the priests", where official scrol...

Zechariah Several points come into consideration, but I see only one clear allusion: The smitten shepherd and the scattered sheep allusion - Mark 14:27/LXX-Zechariah 13:7 Mark 14:27 And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will b...