pavurcn wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:16 pm
Consider Bauckham:
Richard Bauckham has noted that the geography in Mark is accurate when looked at from the perspective of fisherman from Capernaum, which is consistent with Mark relaying the gospel from Peter, who indeed was a fisherman. Many scholars use modern maps to gauge Mark, which often results in errors in judging Mark's geography. A fisherman would not have had a modern map in mind, but instead a mental map based on his experiential world.[79]
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Sidon is a mistranslation. It is a very trivial nothing that seems to excite the excitable!
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Re: Kartagraphy Markoff. Did "Mark" Get Any Geography Right?
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Post by beowulf » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:12 am
Sidon means Bet Saida (Bethsida)
Mark 7:31
Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
Should have been translated as follows:
Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Bet Saida, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis
TRACTATE AVODAH ZARAH, CHAPTER THREE, MISHNAH SEVEN:
EXPLANATIONS:
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Our mishnah now brings a concrete event to illustrate the difference between the sages and Rabbi Shim'on. The incident is described as occurring in 'Zaidan'. It is, of course, very tempting to assume that the reference is to the town of Sidon which today is in Lebanon, several miles north of Nahariyya. But there is considerable evidence to suggect that the reference is, in fact, to the town of Bet Saïda (which in the Christian scriptures as called Bethsaida). This fishing town was near where the river Jordan enters the sea of Galilee in the north.
http://www.bmv.org.il/shiurim/az/az044.html
Bethsaida and the Talmud
Talmud - Mas. Yevamoth 122a
Abba Judah of Zaidan12
(12) The Biblical iuhm Sidon, on the Western coast of Phoenicia, [or, Bethsaida in Galilee]
Talmud - Mas. Kethuboth 7a
R. Jacob, the son of Idi, said:
R. Johanan gave a decision30 in Zaidan:31
(31) Sidon; [others: Bethsaida]
Talmud - Mas. Kiddushin 82a
Talmud - Mas. Chullin 49b
R. Simeon says:
Even these are prohibited if left uncovered. Indeed, added R. Simeon, I once saw at Zaidan17
(17) Sidon or Bethsaida.
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